ORLANDO, Fla., March 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin
(NYSE: LMT) successfully tested a production-configuration Long
Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a U.S. Air Force B-1B
bomber.
During the test, a B-1B from the 337th Test Squadron
at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas,
launched a LRASM over the Sea Range at Point Mugu, Calif.,
successfully impacting the maritime target and meeting test
objectives.
"LRASM has now proven itself in six consecutive flight
missions," said David Helsel, LRASM
program director at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "The
reliability and outstanding capability of LRASM will provide an
unmatched weapon to our warfighters in their quest for sea control
in contested environments."
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 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
100,000 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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