The US Navy, in partnership with Lockheed Martin, successfully conducted a historic Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) flight test with four missiles simultaneously in flight.

During the 12th Integrated Test Event (ITE-12), the US Navy was able to demonstrate the weapon’s inherent high-end lethality from mission planning through kill chain integration and its effects on the target.

According to a relevant announcement, all mission objectives were met, reinforcing high confidence in the weapon’s capabilities and superior firepower.

Derived from the combat-proven Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), the LRASM is a precision-guided intelligent anti-ship missile design to interdict a variety of surface threats at very long ranges, navigating semi-autonomously to the target, and delivering a precise payload from safe, standoff range.

The LRASM technology will reduce dependence on ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) platforms, network links and GPS navigation in aggressive electronic warfare environments. This advanced guidance operation means the weapon system can use gross target cueing data to find and destroy its predefined target in denied environments.

LRASM’s specifications:

• Weight: 1,250 kg
• Length: 4.26 m
• Width: 635 mm
• Height : 450 mm
• Wingspan: 2.7 m
• Warhead: HE blast fragmentation
• Warhead weight: 453.6 kg
• Detonation mechanism: FMU‐156/B fuze
• Operational range: 370 km
• Guidance system: GPS, INS, IIR (EO), with AI guidance in on-board sensors 
• Accuracy: 3 m CEP

ITE-12 was the next ‘big-step’ in LRASM’s evolution. The successful test was a graduation exercise for the missile’s latest configuration and lays the foundation for increased capabilities to come.

As a member of the AGM-158 family of cruise missiles, the LRASM delivers long-range, highly survivable and lethal capability against surface combatants that no other weapon system in the inventory can provide.

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