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LRASM Completes Another Successful Flight Test

Wednesday, December 13th, 2017

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LRASM Completes Another Successful Flight Test

A Lockheed Martin rendering of LRASM. (Image: Lockheed Martin).

The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin [LMT] successfully completed a production-configuration Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) flight test on Dec. 8 to complete another program milestone, the service said Tuesday.In the test, an Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber crew simultaneously launched two LRASMs against several moving maritime targets for the first time over Point Mugu Sea Test Range, Calif.The company noted the missiles met the primary test objectives, including impacting the targets.LRASM is a precision anti-ship standoff missile based on…

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