Senate lawmakers reject Navy's apparent backtrack on LRASM 1.1 upgrades

By Justin Katz / September 13, 2019 at 10:05 AM
A Senate panel wants the Navy to continue with previously abandoned upgrades for a developmental air-launched, anti-ship missile, and is recommending the service receive an additional $50 million for that purpose. The Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, also called Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare Increment 1, is based on a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency effort and was dubbed an urgent operational need in 2008. The first increment achieved early operational capability on the Air Force's B-1 fleet last year and is scheduled...

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