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Article: Lockheed Martin Demonstrates First Successful Flight Test for Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bombs.
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- Defense & Aerospace Week
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) successfully completed the first in a series of flight tests of the paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) guidance kit. The paveway II Plus LGB uses an enhanced laser guidance package, significantly improving precision when compared to existing paveway II LGBs.
The flight test consisted of two GBU-10s released from a U.S. Navy Super Hornet at the Navy's China Lake, CA, test ranges. Each weapon included the new paveway II Plus MAU-209C/B Computer Control Group. Both weapons, which were also equipped with telemetry instrumentation, were released using a set of pre-determined flight conditions, initiated laser guidance as planned and ...