Evolved Seasparrow On Track, Says Raytheon
ESSM Block 2 development is focused on a new guidance section.

Raytheon's Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 development is focused on the addition of a new guidance section with a dual-mode active/semi-active radar seeker, Brian Burton, senior director for Evolved SeaSparrow Missile programs, told AIN. The successful flight test of the ESSM Block 2, intercepting a BQM-74E aerial target recently conducted by the NATO Seasparrow project office, is the first to use the new Block 2 active guidance seeker-head. This test follows the successful completion of two controlled test vehicle flight tests in June 2017 and is the first in a series of live fire tests that will lead to the ESSM Block 2 missile entering production.