About the Joint Standoff Weapon JSOW is a family of low-cost, air-to-ground weapons that employ an integrated GPS-inertial navigation system and terminal imaging infrared seeker.
What does IIR stand for?
IIR stands for Imaging Infrared
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- International Intelligence Quotient
- Insurance Intermediaries Quality Assurance Scheme (Hong Kong)
- Indian Institute of Quality Management (Jaipur, Rajasthan, India)
- International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (Canada)
- Institute for Improvement in Quality and Productivity (Canada)
- Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (Santa Barbara, CA; est. 2000)
- Halogenated Butyl Rubber
- If I Recall
- Imagery Intelligence Report
- Imagery Interpretation Report
- Immediate Impulse Response
- Indo-Iranian (linguistics)
- Industrial Information Resources
- Industry Issue Resolution (pilot program of US Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department)
- Inertial Instrument Unit
- Infinite Impulse Response (digital filter design and signal processing)
- Infrared Imaging Radiometer
- Initial Imagery Report
- Injury Incidence Rate
- Installment to Income Ratio (finance)
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FAAM is a highly agile, hit-to-kill weapon (with no warhead or fuze) with a combined millimeter-wave radar and imaging infrared seeker.
JSOW is a family of low-cost, air-to-ground weapons that employs an integrated GPS- inertial navigation system and terminal imaging infrared seeker, guiding the weapon to the target, said a statemment from Raytheon.
Managed by ONR's Naval Air Warfare and Weapons Department as a Future Naval Capability (FNC), LCITS equips the unguided Hydra-70 rocket with a low-cost imaging infrared guidance solution to more accurately strike an intended target.
The imaging infrared version can track a target by locking onto the target's heat source to overcome darkness and inclement weather.
The mid-range munition, or MRM, is a chemical-energy warhead with a dual mode semi-active laser and imaging infrared seeker.
The US Army's XM1111 Mid-Range Munition (MRM) for the FCS Mounted Combat System has both imaging infrared and laser sensors.
In addition, our 13F FOs, JFOs and COLTs will train to employ PAM in its various engagement modes: grid attack, semi-active laser (laser designation) and uncooled imaging infrared.