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Lockheed Martin wins $200M for LRASM next generation ant-ship missile
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US Department of Defense announced July 2nd that Lockheed Martin Corporation
in Orlando, Florida, was awarded a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract
for an amount not to exceed $200,000,000 for the Long Range Anti-Ship
Missile Accelerated Acquisition program. |
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An LRASM launches from a VLS (Artist Impression)
(Picture: Lockheed Martin)
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Frank
St. John, Lockheed Martin Vice President of Tactical Missiles and Combat
Maneuver Systems commented:
Lockheed Martin has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research
Project Agency (DARPA) for the accelerated acquisition and deployment
of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM). The contract allows for
further sensor and avionics hardware development and missile hardware
production to enable additional flight tests.
LRASM gives the warfighter a capable, anti-ship standoff weapon previously
not in inventory. Working closely with our Navy, DARPA and Air Force
customers allows us to further demonstrate LRASM's technologies, and
enables us to quickly field this much-needed capability |
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Our LRASM interview from October 2013 |
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In
September 2013, Lockheed Martin successfully launched the first LRASM
Boosted Test Vehicle from a MK 41 VLS launcher at White Sands Missile
Range, N.M. During the test, MK 41 VLS successfully ignited the LRASM
Mk-114 rocket motor, and the LRASM Boosted Test Vehicle penetrated and
exited through the canister cover and performed a guided flight profile
similar to a tactical configuration.
In 2014, there
will be two DARPA-funded surface-launch demonstrations with a LRASM
vertically launched from the Desert Ship at White Sands Missile Range,
transitioning to controlled flight and target area impact.
LRASM is in
development with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA)
and the Office of Naval Research. Lockheed Martin’s offering has
both surface-launched and air-launched variants to prosecute sea-based
targets at significant standoff ranges. |
