Nieuwe ontwikkelingen op Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) gebied.

Gestart door Ace1, 05/04/2016 | 19:14 uur

ridivek

SM-6 technologie kan zijn weg vinden naar de SM-2. De ontwikkeling van de SM-2 block IIIC.
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jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)

Citaat van: ridivek op 01/03/2018 | 22:23 uur

Volgens mij hebben Europesche landen alleen SM-2MR aangeschaft. Aanschaf van SM-6 zou een aanvullende capaciteit zijn. naar mijn mening.

SM-6 heeft als bijkomend voordeel dat deze ingezet kan worden als (licht) ASuW wapen.

ridivek

 :hrmph: volgens mij is de beste vervanger voor een SM-2MR een SM-2MR.
Ter vervanging van de SM-2ER is de SM-6 gekomen. SM-3 block1 is een SM-6 met extra 3e trap motor en kinetic interceptor. En dan is er ook nog de SM-3 block 2, die gebruikt de booster (1e trap) van de SM-3 & -6. De 2e en 3e trap zijn afwijkend.
Volgens mij hebben Europesche landen alleen SM-2MR aangeschaft. Aanschaf van SM-6 zou een aanvullende capaciteit zijn. naar mijn mening.

Parera

Citaat van: jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter) op 30/01/2018 | 09:34 uur
Stapje voor stapje... al denk ik dat je de Belgen kunt afstrepen van het lijstje... vMFF wordt tenslotte geen AAW platform.

ESSM Block 2 is denk ik al luchtverdedigingswapen het maximaal haalbare voor NL en BE M fregatopvolger, waarbij SM-3, voor vMFF als eventuele shooter, natuurlijk een ander verhaal is.
SM-6 zou kunnen voor de Belgen indien de SM-3 niet haalbaar is, al is deze alleen inzetbaar tegen MRBM's maar opzich een mooi systeem voor Belgie en Nederland waarbij Nederland de SM-3 nog kan inzetten voor grotere afstanden vanaf de LCF's / vLCF's

jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)

Citaat van: Parera op 30/01/2018 | 09:28 uur
Ja de info komt uit de Deense defensie planning tot 2023 maar ik heb dit niet opgeslagen (tekst was in het Deens). Laten we hopen dat Nederland / Duitsland / ?Belgie? ook aansluiten voor de aankoop van de SM-6 in hetzelfde tijdsbestek als de Denen. Het ging wel om een klein aantal in deze periode waarbij de overstap gemaakt gaat worden van SM-2 naar SM-6 maar je moet ergens beginnen. :silent:

Stapje voor stapje... al denk ik dat je de Belgen kunt afstrepen van het lijstje... vMFF wordt tenslotte geen AAW platform.

ESSM Block 2 is denk ik al luchtverdedigingswapen het maximaal haalbare voor NL en BE M fregatopvolger, waarbij SM-3, voor vMFF als eventuele shooter, natuurlijk een ander verhaal is.

Parera

Citaat van: jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter) op 30/01/2018 | 08:42 uur
Top, moeten wij ook doen! (als de Denen hiervoor kiezen, dan komt de stap voor NL ook dichterbij)
Ja de info komt uit de Deense defensie planning tot 2023 maar ik heb dit niet opgeslagen (tekst was in het Deens). Laten we hopen dat Nederland / Duitsland / ?Belgie? ook aansluiten voor de aankoop van de SM-6 in hetzelfde tijdsbestek als de Denen. Het ging wel om een klein aantal in deze periode waarbij de overstap gemaakt gaat worden van SM-2 naar SM-6 maar je moet ergens beginnen. :silent:

jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)

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Citaat van: Parera op 30/01/2018 | 08:39 uur
De Denen zullen ook de SM-6 gaan aankopen over enkele jaren naast/ als vervanging van de SM-2.


Top, moeten wij ook doen! (als de Denen hiervoor kiezen, dan komt de stap voor NL ook dichterbij)

Parera

De Denen zullen ook de SM-6 gaan aankopen over enkele jaren naast/ als vervanging van de SM-2.

Denmark funds naval AAW, ASW upgrades in new defence agreement
   
Denmark's cross-party Defence Agreement for 2018–23 has earmarked funding for the Royal Danish Navy (RDN) to invest in significant upgrades to its anti-air warfare (AAW) and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities.

Under the new six-year plan, published on 28 January, the Danish defence budget will rise year on year, from an extra DKK800 million (USD133.5 million) in 2018 to an additional DKK4.8 billion in 2023.

According to the Danish government, the agreement "will strengthen Danish defence contributions to NATO's collective deterrence, improve capacity to contribute to international operations, enhance defence contributions to national security, and increase cyber defence as well as the national emergency preparedness".

[Source: Janes.com ]

Harald

Navy SM-6 Intercept Proves It Could Counter North Korea Attack

The Navy recently destroyed a ballistic missile target with an SM-6 missile during a test off the coast of Scotland, verifying that the high-tech weapon does have an ability

The Navy recently destroyed a ballistic missile target with an SM-6 missile during a test off the coast of Scotland, verifying that the high-tech weapon does have an ability to track and destroy incoming enemy medium and long-range ballistic missiles.

While the Navy did not specifically say the test was aimed at preparing for a North Korean conventional ballistic missile attack on South Korea, the successful intercept did further validate the kind of technology likely to be used to defend South Korea or Japan in that kind of scenario.

"The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy sailors aboard USS McFaul successfully test fired a Standard Missile-6. That flight test, designated Standard Missile Controlled Test Vehicle (SM CTV)-03, demonstrated the successful performance of an SM-6 launched from an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense capable DDG (destroyer) and was conducted as part of the system's flight certification process," a statement from the Missile Defense Agency said

Given the current tensions with North Korea, many observers and military planners have made the point that any kind of US-led military strike upon North Korea would likely be followed by a massive launch of conventional ballistic missiles by North Korea against South Korea and Japan.  As a result, it would by no means surprise anyone to see the US sharpen, test, refine and deploy various missile defense technologies; these include land-based systems such as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon and, as tested, an SM-6 fired from a ship at sea.

At the same time, many have questioned whether even the most advanced ballistic missile defenses would be able to track and destroy an incoming barrage of multiple ballistic missiles.

The Navy has been preparing an emerging Standard Missile 6 missile variant for combat by test-firing the weapon engineered with upgraded software - enabling it to perform a range of functions to inlcude air-warfare, ballistic missile terminal defense and anti-surface warfare capabilities, service officials said.

The Navy successfully executed four flight tests of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 Block I (SM-6 Blk I) off the Hawaiian coast earlier

Navy and MDA tests have also simultaneously fired two Standard Missile-6 weapons in rapid succession at a single ballistic missile target to asses performance against medium-range ballistic missile threats in the final stage of flight.

Using an "active seeker" technology, two SM-6 missiles were able to simultaneously track and destroy a single target, greatly improving the probability of a target kill.

The concept with an active seeker is to enable the one or two SM-6 missiles to adjust to fast moving targets and stay on track in the even the target maneuvers or changes position.

The SM-6 is unique in several respects; the weapon uses what is called an "active" seeker, meaning it can send a signal or electromagnetic ping forward in addition to receiving them. Electromagnetic signals, which travel at the speed of light, send a signal forward before analyzing the return signal to determine the shape, size, speed or configuration of an approaching threat. Since the speed of light is known, and the time of travel is able to be determined, a computer algorithm is able to calculate the exact distance of an object. This technology is built into the SM-6, using software upgrades.

An "active seeker" gives the missile to better attack maneuvering or moving targets at sea, because it is not wholly dependent upon a ship-based illuminator to bounce a signal off a target for a merely "passive" seeker to receive.

This is the technology which allows a ship commander to fire several SM-6 missiles in more rapid succession or closer to one another in the event that a target needs to be attacked with more than one missile.

"A ship can illuminate or communicate with the missile while looking for a target, Raytheon developers said.

Now, SM-6 "active seeker" technology allows the missile to use its own built-in seeker technology to navigate without needing a ship-based illuminator.

"We had two missiles in the air and we wanted to make sure that we were in fact pulling in on the target and looking at target versus looking at the other missile that's in the air. Simulations all said the missile would never look at the other missile in the air however, but it's nice to prove that.

Compared with the SM-3, the ship-fired SM-6 interceptor is designed to track and destroy lower-altitude threats such as a ballistic missile in the "terminal" phase of decent to its target.

The weapon has been established with an ability to knock out ballistic missiles approaching from the sky. More recently, the weapon has been developed for a number of new "offensive" missions including surface attacks against enemy ships or defensive intercepts against anti-ship missiles closer to the surface.

The SM-6 has also been capable of anti-air defense, equipped with an ability to attack or destroy enemy helicopters, drones and other approaching threats.  The weapon has now been established as defensive, offensive and capable of three distinct missions; they are surface warfare, anti-air warfare and ballistic missile defense.

Navy leaders emphasize that the fast-changing threat environment means new offensive and defensive technologies need to emerge in order for the US to maintain its edge over potential near-peer rivals. Along these lines, Russian and Chinese missile modernization is by no means lost on US weapons developers. In particular, both Russia and China are widely know to possess mobile ballistic missile launchers, a scenario which without question magnifies the need for advanced ballistic missile defense. 

SM-6 for Surface Attack

This most recent development comes on the heels of a successful test last year where an SM-6 destroyed and sank a surface ship target off the coast of Hawaii, providing additional strategic relevance for an new offensive use of a missile previous oriented toward air and ballistic missile defense, Raytheon and Navy officials said.

Previous anti-surface warfare tests have proven that an SM-6 can attack surface ships, including an instance wherein the weapon destroyed a Perry-class fast Frigate.

The test, which took place at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii, involved the rare event of an actual destruction and sinking of a decommissioned or retired Navy ship.

In this instance he firing of the SM-6 was designed to analyze new software configurations on the missile, giving it an ability to track and destroy targets on the surface of the water - as opposed to its typical use of hitting or intercepting incoming enemy fire from the air above a ship or near the earth's atmosphere as a ballistic missile defense weapon.

Using the SM-6 as an offensive weapon against surface targets is a new application for the Navy, bringing another kind of surface fire-power to the fleet. The SM-6 is larger than the SM-3 interceptor and is designed to destroy closer-in air targets. However, this test launches the ability for the SM-6 to function in an additional capacity as an offensive weapon against a wide range of surface targets.

The software adjustments to the missile allow a single SM-6 to perform all of its different functions, developers said.

Raytheon developers say the system will identify a target and send a signal to the firing ship. Based on the signal, it chooses the software path and the activities it is going to perform in engaging its missions.

The SM-6 weapon has been operational since 2013; the Navy has at least 250 of the missiles in its arsenal. Last year, the Navy awarded Raytheon a $270 million deal for 2016 SM-6 production.

SM-6 Technology

The USS John Paul Jones, an Arleigh Burke Class destroyer, fired the SM-6 using on board fire-control technology and Aegis Radar systems equipped with the latest fire-control technology called Aegis Baseline 9. The missile's final assembly takes place at Raytheon's state-of-the-art SM-6 and SM-3 all-up-round production facility at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala.

An emerging Navy technology called Naval Integrated Fire Control - Counter Air, or NIFC-CA, also relies upon the SM-6 to help track and destroy approaching anti-ship cruise missiles from distances beyond the horizon. The NIFC-CA system, which was first deployed last year, also relies upon an airborne sensor to relay a signal from an approaching enemy target. The Navy has tested and E2-D Hawkeye surveillance plane and an F-35 as the airborne sensor able to relay targeting information.

The SM-6 is configured to fire from Navy Cruisers and Destroyers out of a Vertical Launch System tube; although there is not yet a ship deck-mounted launcher for the missile, it appears conceivable that the Navy could explore an option along these lines. This would enable the weapon to fire from a wider range of ships such as the Littoral Combat Ship, Frigates, Amphibious Assault Ships or even Aircraft Carriers.

The development of this weapon, along with other missiles and emerging offensive and defensive technologies, is entirely consistent with the Navy's "distributed lethality" strategy; this ongoing effort aims to better arm ships with next-generation communications technology and cutting-edge, longer-range offensive and defensive weapons. This is informed by a series of key concepts such as efforst to better enable surface ships to conduct open or "blue" water combat against a near-peer adversary, sustain the Navy's global technological edge, hold enemies at risk from farther distances and allow surface ships to both "aggregate" and "distribute" or disperse as needed as a way to reduce the prospect of a successful enemy attack.

https://scout.com/military/warrior/Article/Navy-SM-6-Intercept-Proves-It-Could-Counter-North-Korea-Attack-110262741

Harald

New SM-6 Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target At Sea; Test of enhanced software succeeds against sophisticated medium-range ballistic missile

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE, Hawaii --- A Raytheon-built Standard Missile-6 intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target at sea in its final seconds of flight, after being fired from the USS John Paul Jones.

The SM-6 missile can perform anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare and – now – even more advanced ballistic missile defense at sea.

"Earlier this year, our customer requested an enhanced capability to deal with a sophisticated medium-range ballistic missile threat," said Mike Campisi, Raytheon's SM-6 senior program director. "We did all this – the analysis, coding and testing – in seven months; a process that normally takes one to two years."

This was the third time that the SM-6 missile successfully engaged a ballistic missile target in its terminal phase. It was first tested in a successful flight test mission in August 2015, and then again in late 2016.

Deployed on U.S. Navy ships, SM-6 delivers a proven over-the-horizon offensive and defensive capability by leveraging the time-tested Standard Missile airframe and propulsion system. It's the only missile that supports anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare and sea-based terminal ballistic missile defense in one solution—and it's enabling the U.S. and its allies to cost-effectively increase the offensive might of surface forces. Raytheon has delivered more than 330 SM-6 missiles with continuing production.

The U.S. Department of Defense has approved the sale of SM-6 to several allied nations.

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/186369/new-sm_6-intercepts-ballistic-missile-target-at-sea.html

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Harald

Raytheon: SM -6 Passes Rigorous Graduation Tests

PACIFIC MISSILE FIRING RANGE, Hawaii — After a complex series of U.S. Navy flight tests, the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) is ready for its final stage of the acquisition process: full operational capability, the missile's builder, Raytheon Co., said in an April 27 release.

Reaching full operational capability is a kind of graduation exercise that signifies the weapon's sea worthiness, with no more testing required. SM-6 is the only missile in the world that can perform anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare and terminal ballistic missile defense, the company said.

"The U.S. Navy began deploying SM-6s four years ago, but we've continued to give it software upgrades and test it in every possible scenario to learn more about what it could do," Mike Campisi, Raytheon's SM-6 senior program director, said in the release. "We've continued to raise the bar, and the missile has exceeded it every time."

Four SM-6 missiles were fired throughout the testing, each against a single shore-launched, sub- or supersonic target. All four test missions were successful.

"The missile is fully ready for deployment in all three modes at sea," said Campisi. "That kind of flexibility is exactly what our sailors need, and that's exactly what they're going to get."

Final assembly of SM-6 takes place at Raytheon's state-of-the-art production facility at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. Raytheon has delivered more than 330 SM-6 missiles with continuing production. The U.S. Department of Defense approved the release of SM-6 to several international customers in early 2017.

http://seapowermagazine.org/stories/20170428-SM6.html

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A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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Surface Navy 2017: SM-6 upgrade to begin flight testing in 2017

Richard Scott, Arlington, VA - IHS Jane's Navy International - 12 January 2017

Key Points
. At-sea testing of the SM-6 Block IA missile is expected to start later in 2017
. Full-rate production is due to commence in 2018

Flight testing of an improved Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) all-up-round for the US Navy (USN) will start later in 2017, ahead of planned full-rate production in 2018.

Known as SM-6 Block IA, the modified variant builds on the existing in-service Block I but adds a GPS receiver, modified software, and other undisclosed changes to introduce improved capability into the missile.

Raytheon Missile Systems is responsible for the design and manufacture of the SM-6 line, originally developed to meet the USN's need for an extended range active anti-air warfare missile.

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MDA, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon prepare for next Aegis, SM-6 test

Geoff Fein, Washington, DC - IHS Jane's Missiles & Rockets - 29 December 2016

Key Points
. SM-6 tested against a representative Dong-Feng 21 MRBM
. Full Aegis BMD system test scheduled for March-May 2017 timeframe

In the most recent demonstration of the Raytheon-built Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) Dual 1 interceptor, the US Navy in mid-December test fired two SM-6 missiles in a successful engagement of a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target at sea, in its final seconds of flight.

"We wanted to test [the missile] in a real operational situation against the most stressing threat that is out there," Mike Campisi, SM-6 senior programme director for Raytheon, told IHS Jane's .

The next scheduled live fire test is expected to occur in the March to May 2017 time frame.

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http://www.janes.com/article/66587/mda-lockheed-martin-and-raytheon-prepare-for-next-aegis-sm-6-test
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-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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Navy Sinks Former Frigate USS Reuben James in Test of New Supersonic Anti-Surface Missile

CORRECTION: Due to an editing error a previous version of this post had the incorrect hull number for the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones. The ship is designated DDG-53 — not DDG-32. The designation DDG-32 was assigned to the decommissioned Forrest Sherman-class destroyer also named John Paul Jones.

The former frigate USS Reuben James (FFG-57) was sunk in January during a test of the Navy's new anti-surface warfare (ASuW) variant of the Raytheon Standard Missile 6 (SM-6), company officials told USNI News on Monday.

The adaptation of the SM-6 was fired from guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) and hit James during the Jan. 18 test at the U.S. Pacific Missile Range Facility off the coast of Hawaii, a Raytheon spokeswoman told USNI News.

"The test was a demonstration of the U.S. Navy's concept of 'distributed lethality,' employing ships in dispersed formations to increase the offensive might of the surface force and enabling future options for the joint force commander," read a release from Raytheon.

News of the test follows the public announcement of the ASuW modification of the SM-6 in February by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter.

"We are going to create a brand-new capability," Carter told reporters in San Diego on Wednesday. "We're modifying the SM-6 so that in addition to missile defense, it can also target enemy ships at sea at very long ranges."
The modification – part of a $2.9 billion missile purchase over the next five years – will give the Navy's fleet of guided missile cruisers and destroyers a Mach 3.5 supersonic weapon with a range of more than 200 nautical miles.

Along with the recently announced modification to the Block IV Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM), the Navy is pushing more offensive capability in its large surface combatants after decades of not fielding a new ASuW capability in the fleet.

Now that the capability has been tested, the service will introduce the modified missile into Baseline 9 Arleigh Burke destroyers (DDG-51).

The target – Reuben James – was decommissioned in 2013 after 27 years of service, which included convoy duty during the Iran-Iraq War and a nine month deployment in 2002 and 2003.

In fiction, the ship was featured in the Tom Clancy and Larry Bond novel Red Storm Rising and (played by another frigate) in the filmed version of The Hunt for Red October.

https://news.usni.org/2016/03/07/navy-sinks-former-frigate-uss-reuben-james-in-test-of-new-supersonic-anti-surface-missile