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Navy/USMC

Littoral Combat Ship Conducts First Hellfire Missile Firings

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, March 7th, 2017

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Littoral Combat Ship Conducts First Hellfire Missile Firings

A Longbow Hellfire missile is fired from Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit (LCS 7). (Photo by U.S. Navy)

The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program has begun test-firing missiles from its surface-to- surface missile module (SSMM), which is designed to counter small boats.During a Feb. 28 test off the coast of Norfolk, Va., the USS Detroit (LCS-7), a Lockheed Martin [LMT] Freedom-class ship, vertically launched four Lockheed Martin Longbow Hellfire missiles from the SSMM, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) announced March 7.The “structural test fire” was successful and was designed to confirm that the ship can withstand…

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