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U.S. Navy Successfully Tests Long Range Land Attack Projectile from Advanced Gun System (AGS)

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Naval Forces News - USA
 
 
 
U.S. Navy Successfully Tests Long Range Land Attack Projectile from Advanced Gun System (AGS)
 
The US Navy announced that it successfully conducted four Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) guided flight tests at White Sands Missile Range.

All four missions accurately guided the projectile to the target approximately 45 nautical miles from the launch site. These flights, conducted in June, demonstrated successful gun launch, GPS acquisition, navigation and guidance, height of burst fuzing, accuracy and warhead function.
     
The US Navy announced that it successfully conducted four Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) guided flight tests at White Sands Missile Range. All four missions accurately guided the projectile to the target approximately 45 nautical miles from the launch site. These flights, conducted in June, demonstrated successful gun launch, GPS acquisition, navigation and guidance, height of burst fuzing, accuracy and warhead function.
BAE Systems AGS, the future DDG 1000 Zumwalt class main gun, during land based trials firing the Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP)
(picture: BAE Systems)
     
"This test not only successfully demonstrated the LRLAP capability, which is pretty substantial with respect to accuracy, but also built on the successes of previous tests toward the demonstration of a reliable gun-launch land attack projectile," said Capt. Mike Ladner, Navy Surface Ship Weapons, major program manager, Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS).

LRLAP is a 155mm rocket-assisted guided projectile designed to support land-attack and naval surface fire support operations in conjunction with the Advanced Gun System (AGS) on DDG 1000-class destroyers. Live-fire testing is part of land-based flight qualification during the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase.

"We couldn't have asked for a more successful day," said Ladner. "This is going to be a great capability for the fleet. We're looking forward to completing the qualification and working to integrate this capability aboard the DDG 1000."

PEO IWS is an affiliated Program Executive Office of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), which manages surface ship and submarine combat technologies and systems, and coordinates Navy Open Architecture across ship platforms.