Israel Aerospace Unveils
POINT BLANK Hand-launched Electro-optical Guided Missile
- Defensemirror.com Bureau
- 11:05 AM, January 20, 2023
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has unveiled its
POINT BLANK electro-optically guided missile, that can be carried in a
soldier’s backpack.
The system answers the battlefield requirement to
provide tactical units ranging in size from small tactical teams to battalion
level, with an independent and organic capability.
POINT BLANK allows these units to attack a variety
of targets in real time with great precision and high lethality, without the
need for support. The missile is hand-launched, operated by a single soldier,
and can take off from and land vertically back to, the soldier’s hand.
IAI, as prime contractor, has been competitively
awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by the Irregular Warfare Technical
Support Directorate (IWTSD) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to rapidly
develop and deliver “ROC-X” a version of the POINT BLANK system that meets
specific U.S. DoD requirements for the purpose of increasing the organic
precision strike lethality and survivability of small tactical teams.
IAI will provide the first prototypes and training
to DoD for Operational Testing & Evaluation in FY 23.
POINT BLANK weighs about 15 lbs and is about 3 ft
long. The missile can fly at altitudes above 1,500 ft, at a maximum speed of
178 mph (186 kph) and can hover or loiter in the air while the target’s nature
and exact position is confirmed prior to attack. The missile can carry
electro-optical systems to validate and collect surveillance information in
real time, and it is also being developed to be equipped with a warhead to
destroy the target.
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