Lockheed Martin Delivers SPIKE NLOS long-range precision strike missile system on Joint Mild Tactical Autos (JLTV) to USSOCOM.
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Press Launch, Orlando, 10 Might 2022: Lockheed Martin efficiently delivered the Spike Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) missile system on the Oshkosh Joint Mild Tactical Automobile (JLTV) to US Particular Operations Command (USSOCOM). This integration demonstrates the flexibility of the Spike NLOS weapon system.
“The mixture of Spike NLOS’s long-range and precision-strike capabilities with the JLTV’s superior agility will end in next-level mobility and mission effectiveness for our operators,” mentioned Jerry Brode, vp of Shut Fight Methods at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Hearth Management. “This superior weapon system’s real-time video imagery permits operators to change or abort mission whereas en path to a goal, offering customers with extra choices in important moments.”
Spike NLOS is a multi-purpose, electro-optical/infrared missile system. Its superior rocket motor supplies functionality to achieve ranges as much as 32 kilometres. Customers can combine Spike NLOS with floor, aviation or maritime platforms – whereas leveraging its stand-off functionality to strike distant or geographically hid targets with out line-of-sight.
Utilizing a Lockheed Martin developed distant launcher, the weapon system might be mounted immediately onto nearly any car with a typical palletised interface in lower than 20 minutes, with none car modifications.
In the present day, this combat-proven, long-range precision strike system is in service with US forces and 6 worldwide nations.
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