Raytheon Company and the NetFires Limited Liability Company have selected General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems to be the warhead provider for the non-line of sight-launch system (NLOS-LS) precision attack missile (PAM). The contract value is expected to exceed of $70 million over the life of the program. As part of the competition, each bidder was required to participate in extensive live fire testing to demonstrate their warhead's effectiveness against the U.S. Army and Navy required target set, as well as an ability to meet stringent insensitive munitions requirements.
NLOS-LS provides a commander with immediate, precise and responsive fire on high payoff targets with real-time target acquisition and battle effects. PAM is a direct attack missile that is effective against moving and stationary targets at ranges from 0 km to 40 km. The missile includes a networked datalink that provides in-flight updates to each missile with ground and airborne sensor nodes and has a large multimode warhead that is effective against both hard and soft targets.
NLOS-LS is currently in the system development and demonstration phase of the program for the Army. Work under this contract began in 2004. The GD-OTS warhead will be built, assembled and tested at the General Dynamics facility at Niceville, Fla. The NLOS-LS system comprises Raytheon's precision attack missile (PAM), Lockheed Martin's loitering attack missile (LAM) and a joint container launch unit (CLU).
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