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Hornet Real-Time Targeting (HART)
Boeing
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The US
Navy and Boeing are developing the Hornet Autonomous Real-time
Targeting (HART) system, based on the Hornet's on-board radar
imaging capability. The system will enable aircrews to designate
targets and deploy JDAM independent of
pre-planned mission requirements. The Navy plans to deploy HART on
aboard the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The HART precision guided kit
includes an infrared sensor, a processor, and image-matching
software. Using the Active Electronically Scanned Array radar
system built into the Super Hornet, the pilot will be able to
acquire and designate a target and transfer a reference image of
the target to the weapon. After release, the weapon compares the
reference image to that in its sensor’s field of view, guiding it
to the point designated in the target scene. Boeing plans to begin
low rate initial production of the HART in late 2006, with initial
operational capability expected in December 2007. Boeing expects
to produce about 6,600 HART units through 2011.
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