The contract
also includes two surface-launched LRASM flight tests scheduled for
2014. Risk reduction efforts, such as electromagnetic compatibility
testing of the missile and follow-on captive carry sensor suite missions,
are also included under the contract.
LRASM is an autonomous, precision-guided anti-ship standoff missile
based on the successful JASSM-ER, and is designed to meet the needs
of U.S. Navy and Air Force warfighters. LRASM is in development with
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval
Research. |
“This
contract modification furthers the development of LRASM as we are committed
to provide the Navy with an offensive anti-surface weapon (OASuW) alternative
that is compatible with multiple platforms,” said Mike Fleming,
LRASM air-launched program manager at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire
Control.
Lockheed Martin is also investing internal research and development
funds in LRASM’s shipboard integration with the Weapon Control
System and MK 41 Vertical Launching System. As part of this investment,
Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated the mission planning of a
LRASM-based OASuW capability using a simulated surface ship Weapon Control
System.
“Our company investment in shipboard integration, combined with
the new surface-launch flight tests, will provide an integrated OASuW
solution compatible with surface ships,” said Scott Callaway,
LRASM surface-launched program manager at Lockheed Martin Missiles and
Fire Control.
Armed with a proven penetrator and blast-fragmentation warhead, LRASM
cruises autonomously, day or night, in all weather conditions. The missile
employs a multi-modal sensor, weapon data link, and an enhanced digital
anti-jam Global Positioning System to detect and destroy specific targets
within a group of ships. |
