WHITE SANDS, N.M. (NNS) -- The long
range land attack projectile (LRLAP), designed for the DDG 1000 Advanced
Gun System, successfully completed two live-fire tests at the White
Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the Navy announced Sept. 22.
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The
mission, conducted Aug. 30, was the first live-fire test to successfully
demonstrate LRLAP effectiveness against targets.
LRLAP is a
155 millimeter rocket-assisted guided projectile designed to support
land-attack and naval surface fire support operations in conjunction
with the Advanced Gun System on DDG 1000-class destroyers.
"This
test success represents a key milestone in development of the land-attack
capability and represents a significant step in the tactical maturation
of the LRLAP," said Capt. Tim Batzler, Navy Surface Ship Weapons
major program manager for Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare
Systems.
Both flight
tests flew 45 nautical miles and met key test objectives including successful
launch, GPS acquisition, warhead functionality, and terminal accuracy.
Live-fire
testing is part of land-based flight qualification during the engineering
and manufacturing development phase.
PEO IWS is
an affiliated program executive office of the Naval Sea Systems Command,
which manages surface ship and submarine combat technologies and systems,
and coordinates Navy open architecture across ship platforms. |
