Posted on 03/28/2011 10:56:01 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
ORLANDO, Fla., March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army's Joint Attack Munition Systems (JAMS) Project Office and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT - News) successfully fired a multipurpose AGM114R HELLFIRE II "Romeo" missile with a live warhead and penetrated a brick-over-block target in its sixth proof-of-principle (POP) test.
The flight test, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., demonstrated the Romeo's enhanced software capability and superior performance in a military-operations-in-urban-terrain scenario. The new Romeo's multipurpose warhead design enables the missile, with a designator spot laser, to seek out and defeat hard, soft and enclosed targets with outstanding success. The initial fielding of the HELLFIRE II Romeo is scheduled for late 2012.
"The AGM-114R baseline design is now defined and allows us to go into system qualification," said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mike Brown, HELLFIRE Systems product manager at JAMS. "The R model remains on cost and on schedule, and meets all performance objectives."
Engineers ground-launched the single HELLFIRE II Romeo missile in a lock-on-after-launch mode, simulating the missile being fired from a rotary-wing platform. The short-range (2.5 kilometer) high-speed impact shot penetrated the brick-over-block target and successfully detonated with the specified fuze delay.
This was the final POP test for this next-generation precision missile. The Romeo's advanced fuze technology and new warhead design performed flawlessly in test flights, proving reduced risk through system performance. ..
"We redesigned the warhead to combine the capabilities of our four previous HELLFIRE II variants into one single multipurpose missile," said Ken Musculus, director of Air-to-Ground Missile Systems at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "Our POP tests conclusively proved that the HELLFIRE II Romeo meets all of its requirements, and will provide a valuable capability to the warfighter."
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Ah good, the newest Obama Regime Civilian-Killing Weapon is ready to deploy in whatever upcoming kinetic military activity springs from the boy-king’s fevered imaginings.
These babies will rattle the ol’ compound at oh say 3 in the morning..
ObammaCare for militants..
Priceless..
and Cheaper than a Tomahawk to boot.
LM Salute! 8-]
There was a time when we could feel safer that “our government” possessed weapons like this.
No Middle Eastern wedding party or baby milk factory will be safe.
10 days ago factions of the Libyan rebels transferred to Al Qaeda a large supply of Russian SA7 Strela Anti-aircraft missiles.
Oh hey, I’m compleeeeetely sure they don’t use them to threaten commercial aircraft, ya know....??!?!
No Middle Eastern wedding party or baby milk factory will be safe.
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Nior wil Israel ... when the time is ripe.
Tragic, isn't it, that this is supposed to be noteworthy rather than routine and customary?
Too damn true!
Does it have a “Home on Jihadi” mode...??
Nice upgrade to the Hellfire series.
Thanks Ernest.
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