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Lockheed Martin LRASM Successfully Jettisoned From F/A-18E/F In Test

Wednesday, April 5th, 2017

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Lockheed Martin LRASM Successfully Jettisoned From F/A-18E/F In Test

Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) prototype captive-carry flight tests on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) was successfully jettison released from a U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F in a flight test, the company said Monday.This first release was used to validate the aerodynamic separation models of the LRASM at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The next step following this test is flight clearance to conduct captive carry integration testing, which is scheduled for mid-year at the Navy Air Weapons Station (NAWS) in China Lake, Calif.The LRASM is a…

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