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Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Successfully Fire Javelin Missile From Unmanned Ground Vehicle

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, September 12th, 2019

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Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Successfully Fire Javelin Missile From Unmanned Ground Vehicle

Javelin missile is fired from an unmanned ground vehicle using a remote launcher at Redstone Arsenal

A Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon [RTN] team has completed a successful demonstration to fire a Javelin missile using a remote launcher on an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), company officials said on Tuesday. The Javelin Joint Venture Team conducted the recent test at the Army’s Redstone Test Center in Alabama, as the two companies set out to demonstrate a potential weapons capability for future armed ground robots. “Javelin is ready to support emerging military robotic vehicle requirements. Remotely operated technology…

Congress

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