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Lockheed Completes Seventh Successful ATACMS Flight Test

Wednesday, October 11th, 2017

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Lockheed Completes Seventh Successful ATACMS Flight Test

A Lockheed ATACMS missile launches at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. (Photo from Lockheed Martin)

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has conducted another successful modernization flight test of the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.Launched from a soldier-manned High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher, the ATACMS missile flew 140 kilometers and demonstrated a proximity sensor height-of-burst detonation over the target area, according to Lockheed. This new ATACMS feature allows commanders to attack area targets or specific targets that have not been precisely located."This was our seventh consecutive successful test in the…

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