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AGM-114B/K/M/N Hellfire Missile

Last updated: 27 Sep 2021

Description
Hellfire is an air-to-ground, laser guided, subsonic missile with significant antitank capacity. It can also be used as an air-to-air weapon against helicopters or slow-moving fixed-wing aircraft.
 
Features
Hellfire can be used as an air-to-air or an air-to-ground missile. The Air-to-Ground (AGM)-114 provides precision striking power against tanks, structures, bunkers and helicopters. The Hellfire missile is capable of defeating any known tank in the world today. It can be guided to the target either from inside the aircraft or by lasers outside the aircraft.
 

Background
In FY15, the most recent deliveries to the Department of the Navy of Hellfire tactical missiles was completed.  Since that time, Congress continues to fund the procurement of Air Training Missiles (ATM)-114 to maintain inventory health and keep pace with training expenditures.

The Army Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions (TAGM) Program Office at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala., in partnership with PMA-242 ensures continued procurement and sustainment activities of the hellfire missile for the Department of the Navy.

Service : Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps
General Characteristics
Primary Function: Point target/anti-armor weapon, semi-active laser seeker; three variants: AGM-114B/K/M
Contractor: Boeing, Lockheed Martin
Propulsion: Solid propellant rocket
Length: 5.33 feet (1.6246 meters)
Diameter: 7 inches (17.78 centimeters)
Wingspan: 28 inches (0.71 meter).
Weight: 98 to 107 pounds (44.45 to 48.54 kilograms)
Speed: Subsonic
Platforms: Navy: MH-60R/S Seahawk and MH-60; Army: AH-64 Apache; Marine: AH-1W/Z Cobra
Warhead: Shaped charge and blast fragmentation, thermobaric
 
 

 

 

Point of Contact
Program Executive Office
Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons [PEO (U&W)]

Naval Air Station
Patuxent River, Maryland 20670-1547

(240) 925-5305

 

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