Test success brings LRASM closer to Early Operational Capability
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed
Martin (NYSE: LMT) successfully fired production-configuration Long
Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) from a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber.
During the test over the Sea Range at Point Mugu, California,
B-1B aircrew simultaneously launched two LRASMs against multiple maritime
targets, meeting the primary test objectives, including target impact.
"This continued success with LRASM provides
confidence in its upcoming early operational capability milestone, putting a
proven, unmatched munition into the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force
inventories," said David Helsel, LRASM program director at Lockheed
Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "The successful flight demonstrates
LRASM's continued ability to strengthen sea control for our forces."
LRASM is designed to detect and destroy specific
targets within groups of ships by employing advanced technologies that reduce
dependence on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms, network
links and GPS navigation in electronic warfare environments. LRASM will play a
significant role in ensuring military access to operate in open ocean/blue
waters, owing that to its enhanced ability to discriminate and conduct tactical
engagements from extended ranges.
LRASM is a precision-guided, anti-ship standoff missile
based on the successful Joint
Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile - Extended Range (JASSM-ER). It is designed
to meet the needs of U.S. Navy and Air Force warfighters in contested
environments. The air-launched variant provides an early operational capability
for the U.S. Navy's offensive anti-surface warfare Increment I requirement to
be integrated onboard the U.S. Air Force's B-1B in 2018 and on the U.S. Navy's
F/A-18E/F in 2019.
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 97,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 97,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
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