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Northrop Grumman Conducts Flight Test On Prototype Missile

Tuesday, July 26th, 2022

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Northrop Grumman Conducts Flight Test On Prototype Missile

Northrop Grumman’s new missile solution is integrated into a company test aircraft prior to the flight test event at China Lake, Calif. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

Northrop Grumman [NOC] completed a third captive flight test of an unnamed internally funded air-launched prototype missile development series last month, the company said on July 25. The test occurred at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif., in mid-June. The company said this test “validated the capability to identify and discriminate modern, integrated air defense systems and successfully tracked the intended targets during a series of captive flight maneuvers using the company’s test aircraft.” “The system successfully identified and…

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