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Harpoon

IOC: 1985
Total Production: 7,132

Harpoon Block III

IOC: 2011

Origin
United States of America

Contractor/s
Boeing

Family Members
AGM-84D Harpoon
AGM-84E SLAM
AGM-84H SLAM ER
Harpoon Block II
RGM-84D Harpoon

Description: The Harpoon is an all weather, subsonic, over the horizon, anti-ship missile which can be launch from surface ships, submarines and aircraft. The Harpoon Block II is the latest version of the Harpoon missile and is able to strike land-based targets and ships in littoral environments. The Block II incorporated the GPS/INS guidance system of the JDAM bombs and the mission computer, software, and GPS antenna employed by the SLAM ER missile.

The Harpoon Block III is the next generation of Harpoon anti-ship missile introducing a new data-link system that will allow flex-targeting and improved accuracy against open-ocean and littoral targets. Flex-targeting translates into in-flight target updates, positive terminal control and connectivity with future network architectures. The new missile is expected to pave the way for extended range and vertical launch capabilities. In late January 2008, the US Navy awarded Boeing a $73 million contract for the Harpoon Block III system design and development (SDD). The surface-launched Block III missile is expected to achieve Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in early 2011 with the air-launched version expected to follow by the end of the same year. The US Navy plans call for retrofitting 850 Harpoon missiles with the Harpoon Block III upgrade kit.

News
Boeing Awarded Contract for Harpoon Block III Missile Development

Boeing Awarded Contract for Development and Demonstration of Harpoon Block III

Operators

United States of America / 850 / Planned

Upgraded missiles (850)

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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