Lockheed Martin Demonstrates First Successful Flight Test for Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bombs

Lockheed Martin Demonstrates First Successful Flight Test for Paveway II Plus
Laser Guided Bombs

ARCHBALD, Pa., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)
successfully completed the first in a series of flight tests of the paveway II
Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) guidance kit. The paveway II Plus LGB uses an
enhanced laser guidance package, significantly improving precision when
compared to existing paveway II LGBs.

The flight test consisted of two GBU-10s released from a U.S. Navy Super
Hornet at the Navy's China Lake, CA, test ranges. Each weapon included the
new paveway II Plus MAU-209C/B Computer Control Group. Both weapons, which
were also equipped with telemetry instrumentation, were released using a set
of pre-determined flight conditions, initiated laser guidance as planned and
successfully guided to direct hits on the target.

"The paveway II Plus is a revolutionary performance improvement to the paveway
II LGB weapon system," said Joe Serra, senior manager for Precision Guided
Systems at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "Our team fully
embraced the challenge to cost effectively improve the precision of this
mature weapon system without impacting logistics. The paveway II Plus
provides significantly better impact accuracy without any changes to the
aircraft platform or weapon employment."

Lockheed Martin is a qualified provider of the paveway II LGB, of all three
variants of the paveway II MK-80 series LGBs, and is the sole provider of the
paveway II Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round and Dual Mode Laser Guided
Bomb.

Paveway II LGB guidance kits improve weapon accuracy and reduce risk to U.S.
and allied ground forces by converting gravity weapons into precision-guided
munitions. Each kit consists of a computer control group, which is the
front-end guidance system, plus an air foil group which adds stability fins on
the back of each weapon.

Lockheed Martin's LGB kits can be carried on U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and
most international aircraft platforms currently authorized to carry and
release LGBs. Kits are fully compatible and interoperable with existing
paveway II LGB logistics infrastructure, equipment, procedures and aircrew
operations.

Lockheed Martin has delivered more than 55,000 LGB kits to the U.S. Air Force,
U.S. Navy and international customers. Laser-guided bombs have been used
successfully in Operation Iraqi Freedom and current overseas contingency
operations.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company
that employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of
advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported
2008 sales of $42.7 billion.

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SOURCE Lockheed Martin

Heather Kelly of Lockheed Martin, +1-407-356-5351, heather.kelly@lmco.com