• Concept developed at Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Labo- ratory in the early 1970s to counter RF-emitting ASCMs,
• Missile dimensions: 12-cm (5-in.) diameter, 2.8 m long, 45-cm wing- span,
• 2 steerable canards and 4 tailfins for roll control,
• Missile weight: 74 kg,
• Employs Sidewinder solid rocket motor (Mk 36-8 or Mk 112),
• Boost (5 s) + glide,
• Optimum intercept range: 0.8 to 5 km (3 to 10 s),
• Launcher: 21-cell Mk-49,
• Launch rate: one every 3 s,
• Original seeker was “fire and forget,” using passive, dual-mode (RF/IR) stinger missile seeker,
• Acquisition and initial track using RF from incoming missile,
• Transfer to IR for terminal-track, reticle scan in 4.1- to 4.5-mm band,
• Block I upgrade (RAM II) uses a linear-array IR detector in seeker,
• Dual-mode RF/IR or IR only,
• Completed operation tests, entered fleet in 1999,
• Maneuverable up to about 25 g,
• Engaged a maneuvering Vandal missile during an exercise,
• 9.5-kg warhead with 3-kg high explosive,
• New low-altitude fuze,
• Possible RAM upgrades,
• Dual-thrust motor,
• Larger diameter (14 cm to 15.5 cm), greater range,
• Maintains high velocity over entire trajectory,
• Increased maneuverability,
• Uplink to missile will allow target acquisition in bad weather,
• Sea RAM,
• Industry development in response to British navy request,
• Shorter inner range, faster response time,
• Uses phalanx 1B’s high-resolution, target-search-and-track sensor, and
• CIWS 20-mm gun is replaced with RAM Block I, 11-tube launcher.
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Biographies of Committee Members
Alan Berman is currently a part-time employee of the Center for Naval Analy- ses, where he assists with analyses of Navy R&D investment programs, space operation capabilities, and information operations. He also consults for the Ap- plied Research Laboratory of Pennsylvania State University (ARL/PSU), where he provides general management support and program appraisal. Dr. Berman’s background is in defense science and technology, particularly in regard to ad- vanced weapon and combat systems. He is regarded as a leading expert on combat systems. Positions he has held include, among others, dean of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Miami and director of research at the Naval Research Laboratory. Dr. Berman has served on numerous government advisory and scientific boards. He is cur- rently a member of the Naval Studies Board (NSB). He is also a member of the Free Electron Laser (FEL) oversight board, which advises Jefferson National Laboratory of the Department of Energy on its FEL program.
Roy R. Buehler is retired from Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems, where he managed Lockheed Martin’s U.S. Customs Service line of business. Mr.
Buehler’s background is in antiair and antisurface warfare and airborne early warning systems. He has more than 30 years of experience in industry and government as an experimental test pilot, business planner, and program manag- er in the start-up of new aircraft programs such as the F-111, F-14, F-18, A-6, and F-22/Naval Advanced Tactical Fighter. He served in the Navy both as a carrier fighter pilot and as an experimental test pilot and major program manager.
Mr. Buehler is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
William A. Davis, Jr., an independent consultant, retired as deputy program manager for ballistic missile defense (BMD) in 1982 following 33 years of gov- ernment service. Today Mr. Davis serves as an independent consultant on tech- nology matters relating to national missile defense (NMD) and BMD. His recent clients include the Joint Ballistic Missile Defense Office and the Army NMD Program Office. Mr. Davis’s background is in tactical and strategic missile defense, as well as missile research and development. Upon retirement from the government, Mr. Davis served as vice president for space defense at Teledyne Brown Engineering, where he directed simulation and analysis of tactical warning/attack assessment network and space-based elements of the Strategic Defense Initiative. Mr. Davis has served on numerous government advisory and scientific boards, including Department of Defense task forces on tactical mis- sile research and development.
Larry E. Druffel is president of South Carolina Research Authority, a public, nonprofit organization engaged in applying advanced technology to increase industrial competitiveness. Previously, he was director of the Software Engi- neering Institute and served as the vice president for business development at Rational Software. Earlier in his career, Dr. Druffel was on the faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He later managed research programs in advanced software technology at DARPA, was founding director of the ADA Joint Pro- gram Office, and then served as director of computer systems and software (Research and Advanced Technology) in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Brig “Chip” Elliott is principal scientist at BBN Technologies. Mr. Elliott’s background is in Internet and wireless network technologies, tactical communica- tions systems, and space-based surveillance and communications. As the technical lead scientist at BBN, he uses Internet technology to build networks for interna- tional corporations and U.S. government agencies. He was the chief architect for the networking component of the Army’s Near-Term Digital Radio Program, which forms the backbone of the Army’s Tactical Internet; for the British Army’s High Capacity Data Radio network; and for the Canadian Army’s IRIS network. He has also acted as lead for a number of LEO satellite systems (Discoverer II, SBIRS- low, Celestri) as well as a proposed undersea network.
Frank A. Horrigan retired from the Technical Development Staff for Sensors and Electronic Systems at Raytheon Systems Company. Dr. Horrigan has a broad general knowledge of all technologies relevant to military systems. A theoretical physicist by training, he has more than 35 years of experience in advanced electronics, electro-optics, radar and sensor technologies, and advanced information systems. In addition, he has extensive experience in planning and
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managing IR&D investments and in projecting future technology growth direc- tions. Dr. Horrigan once served as a NATO fellow at the Saclay Nuclear Re- search Center in France. Today he serves on numerous scientific boards and advisory committees, including the NRC’s Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board and Naval Studies Board, and he recently served on the Com- mittee for the Review of ONR’s Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicles (as its chair).
Richard J. Ivanetich is director of the Computer and Software Engineering Divi- sion at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA). Dr. Ivanetich has extensive experience in missile and defense systems technology, particularly in regard to the system architecture design of information systems relating to strategic and theater nuclear forces. Before becoming director, Dr. Ivanetich was assistant director of the Systems Evaluation Division at IDA. Before joining IDA, he was an assistant professor of physics at Harvard University. Dr. Ivanetich is a member of the Naval Studies Board.
Harry W. Jenkins, a retired major general in the U.S. Marine Corps, is director of business development and congressional liaison at ITT Industries-Defense, where he is responsible for activities in support of tactical communications sys- tems and airborne electronic warfare between the Navy, Marine Corps, National Guard, and appropriate committees in Congress. General Jenkins’ operational background is in expeditionary warfare, particularly in its mission use of C4I systems. During Desert Storm, General Jenkins served as the commanding gen- eral of the Fourth Marine Expeditionary Brigade, directing operational planning, training, and employment of the ground units, aviation assets, and command and control systems in the 17,000-man amphibious force. General Jenkins’s last position before retirement from the Marine Corps was director of Expeditionary Warfare for the Chief of Naval Operations; as director, he initiated a detailed program for C4I systems improvements for large-deck amphibious ships and reorganized the Navy’s UAV efforts for operations from aircraft carriers and amphibious ships. He is a member of numerous professional societies, including the Navy League and the Aerospace Industries Association.
David V. Kalbaugh is head of the Power Projection Systems Department at the