U.S. based Raytheon, an RTX business, will equip the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) with Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Block I missiles.
Japan plans to buy up to 150 SM-6 Block I missiles and MK 21 Mod 3 vertical launch system (VLS) canisters, through a government to government dea, at an estimated cost of US$900 million.
The missiles will help improve Japan’s capability to meet current and future threats by allowing the JMSDF to deploy the latest Standard Missile capabilities from their current and future AEGIS Weapon System (AWS) equipped surface combatants.
"SM-6 has a proven performance, and this contract is an important step for providing this urgently needed weapon to our armed forces," said Barbara Borgonovi, president of Naval Power at Raytheon.
Deployed on U.S. Navy ships, SM-6 delivers a proven, over-the-horizon offensive and defensive capability by leveraging the time-tested Standard Missile airframe and propulsion system. It's the only missile that supports anti-air and anti-surface warfare and sea-based terminal ballistic missile defense in one solution, enabling the U.S. and its allies to cost-effectively increase the offensive might of surface forces.
SM-6 has been successfully fired from various U.S. Navy ships, unmanned vessels, and launchers on land. In March 2024, SM-6 demonstrated its anti-missile capabilities by successfully intercepting a medium-range ballistic missile target at sea during the Flight Test Aegis Weapon System (FTM)-32 exercise.
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