Marine Corps seeks new long-range munition for VTOL fleet

By Nick Wilson / September 27, 2023 at 1:38 PM
The Marine Corps is looking for contractors capable of rapidly prototyping a new, long-range precision weapon system to arm its fleet of AH-1Z Viper helicopters and other vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft. According to a sources-sought notice published last week, the future Long Range Attack Missile (LRAM) will be a “vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) family of systems aircraft-agnostic, network-enabled, long-range precision weapon that will generate an asymmetric advantage in range, standoff and lethality to deter/destroy both maritime and land-based targets.” Naval Air Systems Command expects...

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