U.S. Army

Lockheed Martin successfully fired eight Spike NLOS all up rounds (AURs) over the course of five days from the U.S. Apache Echo Model V6 at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The successful live fire event clears the Spike NLOS Long Range Precision Munitions Directed Requirement (LRPM DR) system for Airworthiness Release (AWR) for the U.S. Apache platform, which paves the way for starting to equip the system onto the U.S. Army’s current Apache V6 platforms.

U.S. Army and Polish Air Force complete first European Spike NLOS missile live fire from Apache helicopter

The United States Army, in cooperation with the Polish Air Force Inspectorate, has successfully carried out a joint live fire campaign of the Spike NLOS missile system from a U.S. Army 12th Combat Aviation Brigade AH-64Ev6 Apache Guardian helicopter.

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Lockheed Martin has announced the successful test of its prototype Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3) system, a reusable pod and affordable training round designed to replace the Low-Cost Reduced Range Practice Rocket for the U.S. Army and international partners. The demonstration took place at White Sands Missile Range, where the company launched the round for the first time and reloaded the same tube with another rocket to prove reusability.

Lockheed Martin demonstrates reusable training rocket to improve U.S. Army efficiency and cut costs

Lockheed Martin has announced the successful test of its prototype Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3) system, a reusable pod and affordable training round designed to replace the Low-Cost Reduced Range Practice Rocket for the U.S. Army and international partners.

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