
The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin [LMT] conducted the first free flight launch of the company’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from an Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber on Aug. 17 during a test over Point Mugu Sea Range, Calif., the service said Friday.This was the first end-to-end functionality test of the LRASM, testing the cruise missile’s ability to identify and prosecute a moving target at sea, the Navy said in a statement.The test had the B-1B aircrew launch the…