DALLAS, Nov. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin's
(NYSE: LMT) first modernized Tactical Missile System (TACMS)
missile completed a successful first flight test at White Sands
Missile Range, New Mexico.
The missile was launched from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket
System (HIMARS) launcher at a target area more than 130 kilometers
away, precisely hitting the target with a proximity sensor-enabled
detonation. All test objectives were achieved.
"This was a successful test that proves that the new Modernized
TACMS retains the extreme precision this product line is known
for," said Scott Greene, vice
president of Precision Fires/Combat Maneuver Systems at Lockheed
Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "With Modernized TACMS, we are
taking existing missiles from inventory and giving our customer an
essentially new missile."
As part of the U.S. Army's TACMS Service Life Extension Program
inventory refurbishment effort, the modernized missile includes
updated guidance electronics, and added capability to defeat area
targets without leaving behind unexploded ordnance. The missile was
produced at the Lockheed Martin Precision Fires Production Center
of Excellence in Camden,
Arkansas.
The TACMS (formerly ATACMS) modernization process disassembles
and demilitarizes previous-generation submunition warheads that do
not comply with the international Convention on Cluster Munitions,
replacing them with new unitary warheads. The modernization process
also resets the missile's 10+ year shelf life.
Additionally, the TACMS platform provides flexibility to quickly
integrate novel payloads and new capabilities as required by the
warfighter.
With unsurpassed performance and an unwavering commitment to
production excellence, TACMS is the only long-range tactical
surface-to-surface missile ever employed by the U.S. Army in
combat. TACMS missiles can be fired from the entire family of MLRS
launchers, including the lightweight HIMARS.
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About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a
global security and aerospace company that employs approximately
98,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research,
design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of
advanced technology systems, products and services.
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