Stand-Off Precision Guided Weapon Program Cruise Missile

The SOCOM Tube Launched Cruise Missile is a Common Launch Tube (CLT)/SOPGM compatible expendable that is intended to extend the range of current air launched precision munitions. The goal of the program is for this CLT compatible aircraft to be air launched from its host aircraft’s SOPGM tube, carry a 13 lb energetic warhead with a targeting system, and fly out 200+ nm to a target. The major difference between this program and SOCOM’s current range of glide munitions is that the tube launched cruise missile will incorporate an fully electric propulsion system to give it the extended range, and multiple aerodynamic features to increase its endurance for potential loiter on station. The system will include all the necessary communication systems to dynamically retask the munition once fired. This program will include the design, fabrication, and testing of the prototype system. The final demonstration will be a test of the inert SOPGM Cruise Missile prototypes on a government range.