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9.3.4 Development of the Evolved Seasparrow Missile Under IPD Methodology
Author(s) -
Roe Charles L.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2002.tb02501.x
Subject(s) - missile , engineering , aeronautics , systems engineering , new product development , development (topology) , operations research , engineering management , computer science , business , aerospace engineering , mathematics , marketing , mathematical analysis
The Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) development has proceeded through engineering and manufacturing development and is now undergoing operational testing prior to being approved for service use. This effort, supported by a consortium of the United States and allied nations, will provide a significant improvement to the existing Sparrow Missile. It will give the fleets of these nations an antimissile capability against existing and projected threats that possess low‐altitude, high velocity, and radical maneuver capabilities that stress present systems. This paper traces the ESSM's development under DOD‐mandated Integrated Product Development (IPD) from early definition efforts through engineering and manufacturing development and into the present operational test and evaluation trials that will prove its capabilities to support consortium fleet missions.