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RAM
Rolling Airframe Missile
More than 30 years of successful US-German cooperation
for Naval Missile Defense
When faced
with a cunning opponent…
Your defense must be smarter!
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RAM is a fire-and-forget innerlayer missile system for ship
self-defense against Anti Ship
Missiles (ASM), helicopters,
aircraft and surface targets.
RAM was especially designed
to
engage
the
most
challenging threats and is the
only ASM defense system
capable of effectively coping
with multiple and high density
raids,
even
in
littoral
scenarios.
Launching Canister
Launcher Servo
Control Unit (LSCU)
Guided Missile Round Pack MK44
Diameter:
183 mm
Length:
3.023 mm
Weight:
105,9 kg
The German and the US Navy have
successfully performed more than 350
flight tests and operational firings under
real threat scenarios against a variety of
targets including Harpoon, Exocet and
supersonic M2.5 Vandal achieving a killperformance above 95 %.
RAM has proven first-shot kills on every target in selfdefense scenarios such as lowest level sea-skimming, diving
and highly maneuvering profiles in single, stream and wave
attacks.
Guided Missile Launching System MK49
Above Deck Weight:
5.187 kg
(including 21 Rounds)
Below Deck Weight:
937 kg
Working Circle:
3,48 m
Elevation:
-25°to +80°
Train:
± 360°
Weapon Control
Panel (WCP)
In order to keep its ship self-defense capability at the highest level even
against evolving threats, the RAM ship self-defense weapon system will
continuously be improved for years to come.
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RAM-Fleet worldwide
From 400 tons Fast Attack Craft to 100,000 tons Aircraft Carrier
German FPB Class 143A
The German Navy
relies on the RAM
ship self-defense
weapon system for
its Class 143A
Fast Patrol Boats,
Picture: PIZ Marine
their K130 Corvettes
as well as the F122, F123, F124, F125
Frigates.
The US Navy has installed RAM on more
than 40 ships particularly on high value
units like Aircraft Carriers, Amphibious
Assault and Transport Ships. Recently the
US Navy decided for RAM on the LCS
Freedom class and SeaRAM on the LCS
Independent class.
US CVN Class Nimitz
Picture: US Navy
Hellenic FAC Class Super Vita
German Corvette Class K130
Picture: PIZ Marine
RAM has been in production since 1989, is
now operational on approx. 100 ships of the
navies of Germany, USA, Greece, South Korea
and is already in procurement for UAE, Egypt and
Turkey.
In total, nearly 200 weapon systems and more
than 4500 missiles have been produced and
delivered by end of 2011.
Picture: Hellenic Navy
Turkish Corvette Class Milgem
Picture: Savunma ve Havacilik
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Focusing on Systems Technology for Naval Missile Defense and Program Management in
international cooperation, RAMSYS supports the navies of Germany and other nations to
protect its fleets.
RAM-System GmbH, located in Ottobrunn near Munich, Germany, was founded in 1985 in
order to manage the German industrial part of the German-US Rolling Airframe Missile
(RAM) program. RAMSYS is with its US partner Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS) jointly
responsible for development, production, system improvements, logistic services and
worldwide marketing and sales of the RAM ship self-defense weapon system.
RAMSYS is also the German lead company and industrial partner to RMS for the multinational
Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) and Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) programs. RAM, ESSM
and SM-2 cover the full spectrum of a layered ship air defense.
In addition, RAMSYS cooperates with RMS in the SeaRAM autonomous ship self-defense
missile system. It provides RAM missile engagement capability for ship classes lacking
adequate sensors or combat management systems.
Diehl Group and MBDA Germany are shareholders of RAMSYS and its major industrial
partners in Germany.
German Frigate Class 124 with two installed RAM-Systems
Picture: PIZ Marine
RAM-System GmbH
D-81663 München, Germany
Tel. +49 (89) 60 80 03 – 0, Fax +49 (89) 60 80 03 - 16
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