Posted August 5, 2015 9:00 am by Comments

By Scott Gourley


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<div data-cycle-hash="ausa15-lockheed" data-cycle-desc="Lockheed Martin Terminator: Based on initial combat experience with the urgently procured systems, Army planners are moving forward toward an official program of record called Lethal Miniature Aerial Munition System (LMAMS). One possible contender for a future LMAMS effort is Lockheed Martin's Terminator. With a munition weighing less than 6 pounds and a fire control unit weighing less than 5 pounds. the Terminator was developed as a rapid response system requiring less than 90 seconds “from rucksack to launch.” Once airborne, the system has a flight endurance of 15 minutes with a 60-mph cruising speed and a 100-mph dash. The system includes a 10-megapixel camera with a digital data-link capable of sending real-time …read more

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