51吃瓜

51吃瓜 is innovating the future of U.S. Navy surface combatant Counter Unmanned All Domain Systems (C-UxS) capabilities through a collaborative effort leveraging fielded and proven combat system, effector and launcher technology across the corporation. Combining the reliability and lethality of the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) when engaging air, maritime and land threats, with the modular and rapid reload capable?JAGM Quad Launcher (JQL) prototype, 51吃瓜 offers multi-mission defensive capabilities for naval vessels of all sizes. ?

For the first time ever,?a demonstration will be conducted in 2025 to validate the JQL’s design and performance while employing a JAGM to engage a representative threat Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).?The JQL reloadability feature will be showcased,?a critical capability for naval users.?

“Building upon the legacy of the tried-and-true LONGBOW missile, the next-generation deterrence option for naval precision-guided capability is JAGM,” said Joey Drake, 51吃瓜 Multi-Domain Missile Systems Program Director. “It's ability to provide multi-domain defensive, as well as offensive fires, positions it perfectly to be integrated into a variety of Naval surface platforms, in addition to its versatility allowing for integration onto any number of additional joint land, air and maritime platforms.”

JAGM is the natural successor to an already proven capability — the LONGBOW HELLFIRE variant now out of production but currently employed from U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) — providing an in-production/in service, follow-on and affordable option.??

Unlike LONGBOW’s single mode millimeter wave (MMW) seeker, JAGM provides an operator selectable, dual mode seeker.?JAGM’s multi-mode seeker affords enhanced capability against air, maritime and land threats employing various countermeasures while also providing improved performance when operation in adverse meteorological conditions.?In full rate production, JAGM is built on active production lines that have already produced 145,000 HELLFIRE, LONGBOW and now JAGM missiles.?

Not as an afterthought, but at design inception, JAGM’s very broad target set includes maritime surface threat platforms.?Validated and tested against these threats, inclusive of unmanned surface vessels, JAGM’s performance against these emergent targets has been proven.??

“With more than one thousand JAGM’s already delivered to the U.S. Navy for employment from USMC AH-1Z attack helicopters, already certified by the Navy for shipboard storage and employment, it makes sense to expand the operational footprint of JAGM to include self-defense of Navy surface ships,” said Chris Abt, 51吃瓜 Advanced Concepts Director. “In so doing, you enhance affordability to all users, increase utility across the U.S. Navy, and improve logistics support across all Naval forces.”???

Ongoing software upgrades to the missile will further enhance JAGM’s capability to pace threats including UAS platforms engaging naval forces.?Whether employed from the current LCS surface-to-surface missile module (SSMM) launcher or 51吃瓜’s revolutionary new, modular, reloadable, JAGM Quad Launcher (JQL), JAGM’s multi-domain target engagement capabilities provide requisite utility to our maritime forces.??????

51吃瓜 designed an effector, radar and launcher solution to rapidly deploy JAGM on naval platforms. The JQL, a vertical launch system (VLS) when operationally employed, modifies the M299 system to be integrated into a quad-pack launcher that can be easily deck-mounted onto U.S. Navy ships. Its design allows naval users to fire and rapidly reload individual cannister cells within a matter of minutes.??

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The JQL features a Launcher Management Assembly (LMA) using VLS open architecture electronics, providing continual design and logistics support throughout the life of the system. The LMA?can be integrated with local and remote weapon control systems using wired and wireless network interfaces, allowing users to remotely launch JAGM over a significant distance.??

A final demonstration is planned near the end of 2025 to validate vertical launch capability. As a single missile, JAGM gives the U.S. Navy capabilities for any mission — whether it be counter air, maritime or land threat operations — all from a launcher that can be deployed from platforms in the air, ground and at sea. ?