Searam Ship Defense System Raytheon The innovative searam system is modeled after the phalanx ® weapon system, replacing the 20 mm gatlin gun with a launcher that pinpoints its target and fires up to 11 ram ™ missiles. it combines the accuracy, extended range and agility of the ram missile with the high resolution search and track sensor and reliable, quick response of the. Asked about the main differences between searam and the legacy ram weapon systems, alan davis, program director, short range defense systems at raytheon explained "when you look at the searam system, it really is a marriage of the phalanx ciws utilizing the sensor suite of the 1b radar and we marry that up with an 11 round ram guide utilizing the latest version of ram which is the block 2.
Searam Ship Defense System Raytheon Searam is an anti ship missile defence system developed by raytheon. the searam missile defence system is equipped with the latest rolling airframe missile (ram). the searam missile defence system is an evolution of the mk15 phalanx close in weapon system (ciws). searam was first deployed on the us navy’s lcs 2 combat ship in 2009. Raytheon's rolling airframe missile (ram) is a lightweight supersonic weapon designed to destroy anti ship missiles and other airborne threats to a ship at close range, typically less than 10. The u.s. navy successfully fired a rolling airframe missile (ram) from a searam launcher aboard the independence class littoral combat ship uss coronado (lcs 4) for the first time aug. 14, according to a raytheon company news release. the missile was launched during a live fire exercise on the naval air warfare center weapon division’s sea. Raytheon company’s searam anti ship missile defense system used a rolling airframe missile block 2 for the first time to intercept an incoming target during a u.s. navy live fire exercise at china lake in california. the searam system detected, tracked and engaged an inbound threat, and fired a ram block 2 that successfully intercepted the.
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