Lockheed Martin’s DAGR Missile Demonstrates Ground Launch Capability In Guided Flight Tests

Lockheed Martin recently conducted two separate DAGR® missile flight tests, successfully firing the missiles from a prototype pedestal launcher and hitting a stationary target.

The tests, which took place at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., demonstrated DAGR’s capability as a ground-based weapon. In each flight test, an inert DAGR missile locked onto the laser spot illuminating the target before launch. Upon launch, each missile flew 3.5 kilometers and hit the target within one foot of the laser spot.

“These tests demonstrated the DAGR missile is as accurate on the ground as it is in the air,” said Ken Musculus, director of air-to-ground missile system programs in Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control business. “The tests also verified the missile’s ability to acquire targets prior to launch, a capability that currently-fielded 2.75-inch guided rockets cannot deliver.”

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