U.S. Navy, Lockheed Martin Conduct First LRASM Captive-Carry Flights on F/A-18E/F

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and the U.S. Navy recently completed the first Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) prototype captive-carry flight tests on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The flights were conducted at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Maryland. These initial airworthiness flight tests used a LRASM mass-simulator vehicle attached to the Navy’s F/A-18E/F to evaluate flight … Dowiedz się więcej

Enhanced PAC-3 Missile Intercepts Tactical Ballistic Missile Target

A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) missile successfully engaged and intercepted a tactical ballistic missile target today at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, as part of a U.S. Army-led missile defense test. Two PAC-3 MSE missiles were launched to defend against the incoming target, with the first interceptor hitting … Dowiedz się więcej

Aegis Ashore is a Verified Hit: Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin Successfully Complete First Intercept for Land-based Combat System

In the first live fire intercept test of Aegis Ashore, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency successfully destroyed a ballistic missile target at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF). The test also demonstrated the system’s “Launch on Remote” capability, where Aegis Ashore uses information from another radar system to … Dowiedz się więcej

PAC-3 Missile Intercepts Target in Flight Tes

A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) PAC-3 Missile successfully intercepted an incoming target on Thursday, Nov. 19, as part of a U.S. Army-led missile defense flight test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The PAC-3 interceptor successfully detected, tracked and intercepted a Patriot-as-a-Target (PAAT), which is a legacy Patriot missile modified to represent a tactical … Dowiedz się więcej

Flight testing underway for LRASM, F/A-18

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet carries a model of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) during initial flight testing Nov. 3 at NAS Patuxent River. The program’s flight test team is conducting the first phase of airworthiness testing using this mass simulator vehicle to evaluate inflight structural loads of the LRASM on the F/A-18 E/F. When operational … Dowiedz się więcej