The Javelin Joint Venture team, a partnership of Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Lockheed Martin has completed the first production Javelin F-Model (FGM-148F) missile.
Javelin is a versatile, man-portable, fire-and-forget weapon system. The F-Model has an advanced, multipurpose warhead that can defeat current and future armour, including explosive reactive armour. The F-Model also adds a fragmenting steel case to take out soft targets and light armoured vehicles.
“The F-Model combines multiple features such as blast fragmentation and high-explosive anti-tank into a single warhead,” said David Pantano, Javelin Joint Venture vice president and Lockheed Martin Javelin program director. “We’re helping prepare our warfighters for any mission by reducing the need for different rounds for different targets.”
With orders for more than 45,000 Javelin missiles, the system is expected to be in the US military’s operational inventory through 2050. As such, Javelin is subject to continual upgrades to retain overmatch against emerging threats and to support evolving operational needs.
image courtesy of Lockheed Martin
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