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Dual Mode LGB Completes First MAWTS Exercise Since 2013 Software Upgrade

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Monday, August 4th, 2014

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Dual Mode LGB Completes First MAWTS Exercise Since 2013 Software Upgrade

The Lockheed Martin Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb can operate off the AV-8B Harrier, F-18, F-16 and more.

Marines in the U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron (MAWTS-1) successfully completed a training exercise with the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb (DMLGB), proving the operational relevance of the weapon system in the first MAWTS test event since the contractor upgraded the operational software last year, the company said Monday. In the exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Arizona, AV-8B Harrier aircrews released 19 bombs against fixed targets in various targeting modes –…

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