L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics


Overview 00L-3 Cincinnati Electronics (L-3 CE) has been producing infrared missile seeker detectors for over twenty-five years. We have designed, prototyped, and mass-produced thousands of detectors for the Department of Defense and international customers as well. Our experience includes single element one-color and multi element linear array detectors, and imaging Focal Plane Array seekers.
Joint Common Missle: For helicopters and fixed wing vehicles; precision strike, single shot weapon Stinger: IR detector assemblies for man and vehicle platforms. Defensive platforms include Avenger Air Defense vehicles. RAM Detectors: Quick reaction fire and forget missile. Designed for asymmetric air and surface threats. JASSM: Long Range air to ground standoff missile. Advanced seeker/imager designed for deployment against high-value, well-defended targets. STANDARD: Infrared detector for surface-to-air warfare weapon. All weather, ship launched medium range.

Joint Common Missile (JCM) 00L-3 Cincinnati Electronics has been selected to provide the infrared seeker detector for the tri-mode detectors for the precision-strike, single-shot weapon where low collateral damage is required. The Joint Common Missile (JCM) is an air to surface weapon for use by joint and allied service manned and unmanned aircraft to destroy high value stationary, moving and relocatable land and naval targets. JCM is a joint program (DOD Pre-MDAP) with the Navy and USMC and is a Cooperative Development Program with the United Kingdom. JCM will be used on joint and allied service helicopters and fixed wing aircraft as an eventual replacement for the HELLFIRE, TOW and Maverick families of missiles.
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Stinger Missile Detectors 00L-3 Cincinnati Electronics is the supplier for the IR detector assembly used in the Army’s Stinger Block 0 Missile. L-3 CE has been manufacturing Stinger detectors since the start of the program with General Dynamics over 25 years ago. Over the past 12 years, L-3 CE has supplied in excess of 60,000 detectors for the Stinger program both domestically and internationally. Prior to building the Block 0 sensor, L-3 CE built several thousand detectors for the ‘Basic’ Stinger Missile Program. L-3 CE is a certified supplier to Raytheon Missile Systems on the Stinger program. The Stinger missile was originally designed as a shoulder-launched device and is now deployed in a number of defensive platforms including Avenger Air Defense vehicles.
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Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Detectors 00L-3 Cincinnati Electronics is the manufacturer of the Infrared Detector Assembly used in the Navy’s Rolling Airframe Missile Block 1 (RAM). L-3 CE has been on the RAM missile program since its beginning and helped in the design of the first RAM (Block 0) seeker module and in the development of the Block 1 configuration. L-3 CE’s product has meet or exceeded all of the system performance requirements placed upon it. L-3 CE is currently performing on multi-year procurement contracts for RAM Block 1 sensor assemblies. Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is a lightweight quick-reaction, fire-and-forget missile designed to destroy anti-ship missiles and asymmetric air and surface threats.		© Raytheon
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Joint Air-to-Surface/Standoff Missile (JASSM) Detectors 00L-3 Cincinnati Electronics was selected by Lockheed Martin to provide the advanced infrared seeker/imager for the new generation attack missile, JASSM. The program is a multi-year procurement based on incremental funding. JASSM is a long range, air-to-ground standoff cruise missile being developed for the USAF and USN. It is designed to destroy high value, well-defended, re-locatable targets.		© Lockheed Martin photo
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STANDARD Missile Detectors 00L-3 Cincinnati Electronics is the supplier for the IR Detector for the Navy’s STANDARD Missile. In the early 1990’s, engineers and managers in the IR Products Group, working in close combination with General Dynamics’ engineers, launched initial efforts leading to what has become the current infrared detector for Raytheon’s STANDARD Missile-2 program. The STANDARD Missile-2 (SM-2) is the Navy's primary surface-to-air theater air warfare weapon. Deployed SM-2 configurations are all-weather, ship-launched, medium-range surface-to-air missiles.
Top Cleared by DoD/OFOISR for public release under 06-S-0255 on 13 December 2005.