
The Javelin Joint Venture Team, a collaboration between Raytheon [RTN] and Lockheed Martin [LMT], has successfully completed a series of five ground vehicle launch tests for the United Kingdom (U.K.) Army, the companies said Wednesday.The Javelin is a compact, lightweight missile designed for one-soldier operations in multiple environments. During the U.K. Army-sponsored tests Javelin missiles were mounted on a Spartan armored fighting vehicle and fired using the Kongsberg M151 Remote Weapon Station. Each tested missile flew between 0.75 miles and…