LRSAV weapon system fires Hellfire and DAGR missiles
Lockheed Martin has conducted live firings of Hellfire and DAGR missiles from its Long Range Surveillance and Attack Vehicle (LRSAV) turreted weapon system during recent ground-to-ground tests. The company reported that the tests, carried out at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, were a success, confirming the that the LRSAV weapon system is a low risk solution that can support multiple missions.
The tests saw the vehicle-mounted LRSAV system launch a Hellfire II missile from 6.4km and a DAGR missile from 3.5km. Both missiles successfully impacted their targets. In both tests, missile lock-on-before-launch and lock-on-after-launch capabilities were used to demonstrate LRSAV’s flexibility for various engagement scenarios.
Additionally, an AH-64D Apache helicopter equipped with Lockheed Martin’s Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) was used to remotely designate the short-range target, validating LRSAV’s cooperative battlefield-engagement capability.
The LRSAV is a fully integrated, turreted, ground-vehicle weapon system. It uses missile and weapon control-system technologies and a newly developed 15-inch, spherical, mast-mounted electro-optical/infrared sensor to enable targeting and employment of missiles from a wide range of surface platforms.
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