Network-Enabled Harpoon in flight test

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The US Navy completed a free-flight test of the new networkenabled Harpoon missile system on 18 November at the Sea Range at Point Mugu, California. The upgraded missile, known as Block II+, will have the ability to receive in-flight updates that improve the targeting and engagement of moving maritime targets.

The free-flight missile event was the first end-to-end functionality test of an inert Harpoon Block II+ from pre-flight to target impact. The test proved that the missile could receive target location updates from an F/ A- 18 while in- flight through its network- enabled datalink. It then successfully acquired a moving ship target using its active radar seeker and guided itself autonomously to impact the target. This test, the culmination of 152 lab-test sessions, 15 aircraft ground tests and 16 flight tests, will be followed by another more demanding developmental test in fiscal year 2016. The AGM-84N Harpoon Block II+ will also have a new GPS guidance kit that will enhance the weapon’s navigation. Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon weapon designed to execute both land-strike and anti-ship missions against a range of targets.