Lockheed Martin Receives $71 Million Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Contract From DARPA

Lockheed Martin has received a $71 million Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) modification contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to conduct air- and surface-launched flight tests and other risk reduction activities.

Under this contract, an additional air-launched LRASM flight test will be conducted from a B-1B in 2013.

There are already two air-launched flight tests scheduled for this year as part of the Phase 2 LRASM contract awarded in 2010.

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