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Lockheed Martin JAGM ‘Performed Flawlessly,’ Official Says

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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

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By Ann Roosevelt After test misses, the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Joint Air-To-Ground Missile (JAGM) "performed flawlessly," in a company-funded flight test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., last week, a top company official said. The test pitted the JAGM and its tri-mode cooled seeker using the imaging infrared (I2R) sensor to lock on before launch against a stationary main battle tank, while using a millimeter wave (MMW) radar sensor to track a moving tank in the background. The laser designator…

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