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Mako Missile Offered by Lockheed Martin For Close and Standoff Missions

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

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Mako Missile Offered by Lockheed Martin For Close and Standoff Missions

Pictured is a Mako missile guidance section under inspection. "Producing these parts using additive manufacturing delivers significant time and cost savings," Lockheed Martin says (Lockheed Martin Photo).

In development since 2017, Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Mako missile did not enter Phase 2 in the U.S. Air Force Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) competition last year, but the company is offering the missile for a variety of aircraft in close and standoff missions. "Named after the fastest shark in the seas, Mako blazes down on time-sensitive targets when every second counts," the company said on July 22. "Able to maneuver in a high-altitude hypersonic regime, it penetrates advanced air-defense systems…

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