Joint Strike Missile destroys target in challenging flight scenario

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It's Official, The Navy's Next Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Will Be The Naval Strike Missile
The deal could also open a path to adding the American-Norweigan-made missiles, or variants, to other platforms at sea, in the air, and on land.
MAY 31, 2018

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Joint Strike Missile

A multi-role version of the NSM is in development. This missile is called Joint Strike Missile (JSM) and will feature an option for ground strike and a two-way communications line, so that the missile can communicate with the central control room or other missiles in the air. This missile will be integrated with the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. Studies have shown that the F-35 would be able to carry two of these in its internal bays, while additional missiles could be carried externally.

Lockheed Martin and Kongsberg signed a joint-marketing agreement for this air-launched version of the NSM, as well as an agreement committing both parties to integrating the JSM on the F-35 platform.[27][28] The project is funded by Norway and Australia.[29] Kongsberg signed a contract for the first phase of development of the JSM in April, 2009, which is scheduled for completion within 18 months.[30] The JSM will have multicore computers running Integrity real-time operating system from Green Hills Software.

Improved features for the Joint Strike Missile include:

Shape changed to fit in F-35 internal bay[32]
Ability to attack sea and land based targets
Aerial launch platform (F-35)
Improved range over NSM, estimates include 150 nmi (170 mi; 280 km)[32] to >100 nmi low-low-low or >300nmi hi-hi-low flight profiles[24]
Heavier 500 lb (230 kg) warhead[24]
Long-term, production start in 2013

On 15 July 2014, Kongsberg and Raytheon announced that they had formed a teaming agreement to offer the JSM to the United States Navy for their Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare (OASuW) requirement;[33] Raytheon would produce JSMs for the American market.[34] The Navy plans to begin a competition for the OASuW requirement in 2017, which will likely put the Kongsberg/Raytheon JSM against the Lockheed Martin Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).[35]

Kongsberg is studying methods to deploy the JSM from Norway's submarines,[36] and found shaping the missile to fit into the F-35's confined bomb-bay also enabled it to fit in the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System. A VL-JSM could also compete with the Lockheed LRASM for the U.S. Navy's OASuW Increment 2 for a ship-launched anti-ship missile.[37]

Australia expressed interest in buying the JSM in June 2014 to equip their F-35 fighters. The missile has also been pitched to South Korea and Japan, and Kongsberg is expected to attempt to make sales to other countries that have ordered the F-35A. The JSM is expected to become fully operational in 2025.[38] Development is aimed to be completed in 2017 and achievement of initial operational capability (IOC) is expected in 2021 with the release of the F-35's Block 4 software. Fit checks have been performed on the external hardpoints of all F-35 variants, and internally on the F-35A and C-models. Countries that operate other aircraft have expressed interest in the JSM, and fit checks have also been performed on the F-15 Eagle and F/A-18 Hornet, but integration on other platforms will not be conducted without a confirmed customer.[39]

On 15 September 2015 the Australian government signed an agreement to finance the development of a passive radio frequency seeker to complement the existing infrared target seeker.[40]

In November 2015, an F-16 Falcon successfully completed live-fire testing of the JSM at the Utah Test and Training Range.[41][42]