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Control Test Vehicle-3 Flight Test Moves NLOS-LS Closer To Complete System Testing
White Sands NM (SPX) Jul 08, 2008 NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Missile Systems business and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, successfully launched another Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System Precision Attack Missile July 1. "The success of this CTV-3 flight test confirms that NLOS-LS can reliably move forward to multi-mode seeker flights," said Col. Doug Dever, U.S. Army's NLOS-LS project manager. "This advanced weapon system gives the commander a single system solution to counter the moving target and asymmetric swarm attack threat while minimizing collateral damage." The flight test proved the missile's stability in cruise and guidance modes and its ability to operate as a node on the net using its onboard radio. "This test marks the first time an Army missile with an onboard radio joined the net and transmitted both missile status while in flight and a preloaded simulated target image just prior to impact," said Scott Speet, executive vice president of NetFires LLC and Raytheon's NLOS-LS program director. The NLOS-LS is one of the 14 Future Combat System core systems. As part of the FCS systems-of-systems, the NLOS-LS will meet the requirements of the Army's future brigade combat teams by providing increased capability for the current force's modular BCT. NLOS-LS provides the brigade commander immediate, precise and responsive fires on high payoff targets with real-time target acquisition and battle effects. It is also one of the key littoral combat ship mission modules. Compared to systems with equivalent firepower, the NLOS-LS provides a modular, persistent, responsive, networked and rapidly deployable precision strike capability against moving and stationary targets. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Lockheed Martin GMLRS Rocket Increases Standoff Range In Recent Test
Dallas TX (SPX) Jul 07, 2008The U.S. Army recently established a new distance record for the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rocket, destroying a target 85 kilometers from the launch site during a flawless system demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The previous maximum range for GMLRS was 70 kilometers. |
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