The Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC 3) is a surface to air missile fired from a Phased Array Tracking Radar of Target (PATRIOT) Launching element. The Air Defense Artillery Branch is the primary branch that uses the technology. The missile provides air and missile defense capabilities in the defense of U.S deployed forces and allies. The PAC-3 missile effects more countries other than the United States, countries such as; Bahrain, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, and United Arad Emirates also use the missile to help defend their assets. The PAC 3 is considered a Lower Tier element in the Missile Defense System, which is the operational area where the
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The system capabilities can detect, track, classify and identify all targets using a C-band phased-array. It also utilizes “Communications Relay Groups and Antenna Mast Groups for communications between battery’s and battalion assets” (Moore 2015, p.1). The PAC 3 Launcher has a missile load-out capability between 4 and 16 missiles. The two types of missiles can differ and range from a PAC3 MIM-104F missile to a PAC 2 GEM’s which uses a type of blast fragmentation warhead missile for targeting tactical ballistic missiles and aircraft. The system is software driven. The operators can optimize the system operation parameters into mission requirements through software inputs. While the system database is in tactical operation phase, operators have flexible options, and techniques, available for …show more content…
The system Integrator for the PAC-3 program configuration is successfully lead by a team called Raytheon. Lockheed Martin is located in Camden, AR where PAC 3 missiles are assembled. Raytheon is located in Andover, MA and establishes system integration and ground equipment. These companies are the founders of the PAC 3 missile system. The unit cost of a PAC-3 missile is a $1 to 6 million dollars. The PAC 3 came from an advance development from a PAC 1 and 2. By 1991 and the Gulf War, the PAC 2 program went through a system update which added more missile tactical assessment, which was later known as PAC 3. The Enhanced Launcher Electronics systems was the new interface of the PAC-3, which replaced the Launcher Electronics Module. The missiles are closed and transported by Lockheed Martin in their box containers, and require no maintenance prior to launching. Each missile container, can hold up to four PAC-3 missiles. The PAC-3 is 5.205 in length, 0.255 m in diameter, and 315 kg in weight. In the early 2000s the PAC 3 was accessible and delivered to the United States Army. The Army deployed its PAC-3 missile system during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Now the Army has more than 2,000 PAC 3’s manufactured to date with 10 international
The system capabilities can detect, track, classify and identify all targets using a C-band phased-array. It also utilizes “Communications Relay Groups and Antenna Mast Groups for communications between battery’s and battalion assets” (Moore 2015, p.1). The PAC 3 Launcher has a missile load-out capability between 4 and 16 missiles. The two types of missiles can differ and range from a PAC3 MIM-104F missile to a PAC 2 GEM’s which uses a type of blast fragmentation warhead missile for targeting tactical ballistic missiles and aircraft. The system is software driven. The operators can optimize the system operation parameters into mission requirements through software inputs. While the system database is in tactical operation phase, operators have flexible options, and techniques, available for …show more content…
The system Integrator for the PAC-3 program configuration is successfully lead by a team called Raytheon. Lockheed Martin is located in Camden, AR where PAC 3 missiles are assembled. Raytheon is located in Andover, MA and establishes system integration and ground equipment. These companies are the founders of the PAC 3 missile system. The unit cost of a PAC-3 missile is a $1 to 6 million dollars. The PAC 3 came from an advance development from a PAC 1 and 2. By 1991 and the Gulf War, the PAC 2 program went through a system update which added more missile tactical assessment, which was later known as PAC 3. The Enhanced Launcher Electronics systems was the new interface of the PAC-3, which replaced the Launcher Electronics Module. The missiles are closed and transported by Lockheed Martin in their box containers, and require no maintenance prior to launching. Each missile container, can hold up to four PAC-3 missiles. The PAC-3 is 5.205 in length, 0.255 m in diameter, and 315 kg in weight. In the early 2000s the PAC 3 was accessible and delivered to the United States Army. The Army deployed its PAC-3 missile system during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Now the Army has more than 2,000 PAC 3’s manufactured to date with 10 international