After a competitive selection, the program staff was organized into integrated product teams with members from the government, the prime Texas Instruments and subcontractors. Many observers credited these accomplishments to the management style chosen by the DOD and Texas Instruments. The system introduced a new type of fuze, but was able to obtain authority from an independent safety review in record time. Unlike most guided weapons and aircraft, the system never had a weight management problem, and was deployed at its target weight. The system was introduced to operational use a year ahead of schedule. The AGM-154C (JSOW BROACH) entered service in February 2005.Īn expended sub-munition AGM-154 JSOW used during Operation Allied Force, on display at the Belgrade Aviation Museum in Serbia.ĭuring the 1990s JSOW was considered to be one of the most successful development programs in DOD history. US Navy and Air Force developed the AGM-154B (JSOW B) up until Multi-Service Operational Test & Evaluation (MOT&E) but the Navy decided not to procure the weapon when the Air Force left the program. The AGM-154A (JSOW-A) entered service in 1999. The JSOW was originally to be delivered in three variants, each of which uses a common air vehicle, or truck, while substituting various payloads. The JSOW is just over 410 centimetres (160 in) in length and weighs about 450 kilograms (1,000 lb). The JSOW can be used against a variety of land targets and operates from ranges outside enemy point defenses. (Finland cleared the FMS procedure and made the purchase for JSOW as well as JASSM and JDAM in 2017.) The JSOW family is a 450-kilogram (1,000 lb) class weapon intended to provide a low cost, highly lethal air-to-surface glide bomb with standoff capabilities from 28 km (15 nmi) low altitude launch and up to 110 km (60 nmi) high altitude launch. Finland, Greece and Singapore are pursuing FMS cases at this time. Foreign Military Sales have been signed with Poland and Turkey for use with their F-16 fighters. The Joint Standoff Weapon is currently used by the US Navy. US Navy commenced Operational Evaluation (OPEVAL) in February 1997 and JSOW entered operational service in January 1999. Texas Instruments sold its defense division to Raytheon in January 1997.

After a first flight, funded by the company in April 1991, a joint program between the US Navy and the US Air Force was awarded. Originally the JSOW was developed by Defense Systems & Electronics division of Texas Instruments. The JSOW-C adds an infra-red seeker for terminal guidance. The JSOW is a fire-and-forget weapon that employs a tightly coupled GPS/INS for navigation, and is capable of day/night and adverse weather operations. 3.4 USN axes JSOW ER in favour of JASSM-ER.

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