Lockheed Martin funded for LRASM Lot 1, undertakes surface-launch variant test

摘要

Lockheed Martin has been contracted to begin production of the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) to support an Early Operational Capability (EOC) requirement for the US Air Force (USAF). Being developed to meet the near-term Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare (OASuW) Increment 1 requirement, LRASM is a highly autonomous, precision-guided anti-ship stand-off weapon that leverages the basic design of the AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER) but introduces additional sensors and systems specific to the offensive anti-surface warfare mission. It has been conceived to be able to penetrate sophisticated shipborne defences and with reduced dependence on intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platforms; network links; and GPS navigation.