“Lockheed Martin
remains committed to providing U.S. Navy aircrews with the most innovative,
advanced and cost-effective training solutions,” said Joe Serra,
precision guided systems manager at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire
Control. “We are nearing completion of multi-carriage ELGTR
development, which will further increase training efficiency, proficiency
and flexibility.”
This contract extends delivery
of ELGTRs to the U.S. Navy through 2018. Lockheed Martin has produced
advanced training solutions for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and international
customers since Laser Guided Training Round production began in 1992,
and has delivered more than 130,000 training rounds to date.
ELGTR emulates cockpit
indications, release and terminal characteristics of the paveway II
laser guided weapon systems to provide affordable, high-performance
aircrew training without depleting paveway II laser guided bomb (LGB)
tactical inventory. Recognized worldwide as the only live-fire training
solution for warfighters, the ELGTR is compatible with F/A-18,
AV-8B, F-16 and various international aircraft.
In addition to paveway
II ELGTR, Lockheed Martin’s 350,000-square-foot production facility
in Archbald, Pa., designs and manufactures combat-proven paveway II
Plus LGB kits. Lockheed Martin has delivered more than 70,000 LGB
kits and 7,000 Dual Mode LGB kits to the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps,
Air Force and international customers.
