The Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) being developed jointly by the Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Air Force and Navy conducted its third airborne-launched flight test earlier this month and met expectations during the low altitude flight, the prime contractor for the program, Lockheed Martin, said.
The test took place at the Navy’s sea range at Point Mugu in southern California Feb. 4, when an Air Force B-1B bomber fired the prototype missile, which navigated its course while receiving target updates during the flight.
The LRASM program is designed to strike targets at long range and in highly contested, anti-area access-denial threat environments. The program is derived from the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER).
JASSM-ER recently completed its operational test program, Lockheed Martin said.