Alliant Techsystems, the U.S. Navy and the Italian Air Force successfully launched and scored a direct hit on a simulated enemy air defense target during the final development test (DT) firing of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake on August 7."This test firing was picture-perfect. Hardware, software and aircraft systems all worked flawlessly and resulted in a 100 percent successful firing," said Tobin Touchstone, ATK Mission Systems Vice President for Missiles.
The final AARGM DT shot was launched from a U. S. Navy FA-18C Hornet in a scenario designed to test the missile's capabilities to maneuver and perform in a short time-of-flight profile under heavily counter-measured conditions.
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