The U.S. Air Force conducted its third and final captive-carry flight test of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) under the wing of a B-52H bomber off the southern California coast on Aug. 8 in preparation for the first planned booster flight test of ARRW later this year, according to an announcement by Edwards AFB, Calif. The flight demonstrated the transmission of telemetry and GPS data from the AGM-183A Instrumented Measurement Vehide-2 (IMV-2) to Point Mugu Sea Range ground stations and "verified system integration with the B-52 launch platform and telemetry while practicing concepts of operations that will be utilized during its first booster test flight later this year," the Air Force said. ARRW began with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Tactical Boost Glide demonstration system, which is to be integrated into the ARRW payload, per the service.
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