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Orbital ATK And Navy Successfully Test AARGM Missile In Live Fire Test

Monday, November 30th, 2015

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Orbital ATK And Navy Successfully Test AARGM Missile In Live Fire Test

Orbital ATK AARGM (AGM-88E)lLaunched from U.S. Navy F/A-18D Hornet. (Photo: Orbital ATK)

The Navy and Orbital ATK [OA] successfully concluded a live fire test of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) Block 1 Software Upgrade on Sept. 22, the company said Monday.The AGM-88E missile was test launched from a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft at the China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center with a “complex” scenario designed to test the missile’s capability against an advanced air defense radar threat. Before launch, the AARGM detected, identified, and located the target using its…

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