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.
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