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Space

Lockheed Martin DAGR Successfully Hits Target From Kiowa Warrior

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Monday, April 12th, 2010

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By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently announced it hit the target in two tests featuring Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) guided rockets launched from an airborne OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter. DAGR is a semi-active laser guidance kit that adapts to 2.75-inch/70mm rockets to provide guided-rocket performance comparable to that of the precision-strike laser-guided Hellfire II missile. This is the fourth aircraft DAGR has fired from in the past year from platforms including the AH-64D Apache and the AH-6 Little…

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