Lockheed Martin makes progress integrating Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) on F-35 combat aircraft

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Lockheed Martin makes progress integrating Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) on F-35 combat aircraft

F-35 will become the fourth aircraft able to launch LRASM, which is designed to detect and destroy high-priority targets within groups of enemy ships.

Feb 1st, 2021

ORLANDO, Fla. – Combat aircraft designer Lockheed Martin Corp. is integrating the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) on the F-35 joint strike fighter, an effort which will continue through this year. Naval News reports. Continue reading original article

The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:

1 Feb. 2021 -- The LRASM already is integrated with the U.S. Air Force’s B-1B jet bomber and U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter-bomber aircraft, and soon will be integrated with the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.

It appears that the F-35 Lightning II will become the fourth aircraft able to launch this next-generation anti-ship missile. LRASM is designed to detect and destroy high-priority targets within groups of ships from extended ranges in electronic warfare jamming environments.

LRASM is a precision-guided, anti-ship standoff missile based on the Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER). The advanced anti-ship missile is intended to replace the ageing Harpoon anti-ship missile, and has a multi-mode radio frequency sensor, a new weapon data-link and altimeter, and an uprated power system.

John Keller, chief editor

Military & Aerospace Electronics

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