LOCAAS

AcronymDefinition
LOCAASLow Cost Autonomous Attack System
LOCAASLow-Cost Anti-Armor Submunition
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A further development would see four powered Locaas carried by a "mothership" designated Smacm (Surveilling Miniature Attack Cruise Missile).
The post--afghanistan era: Attitudes towards drones are changing with the withdrawal from Afghanistan and with a general switch of attentions to the Asia--Pacific region. The relative freedom with which drones have been operated over south-west Asia will be replaced by severe restrictions on their use in the airspace of their owner--nations, where integration with manned aircraft poses many (as yet) unresolved problems
The LOCAAS, a loitering munition with a laser-radar seeker -- still in development -- will have a two-way data link in 2006, said Arias.
Air Force wants missiles redirected in flight: weapons with two-way communications links could help avoid fratricide
Powered by a 4.5-inch jet engine, LOCAAS can be dropped in groups of up to 300 from planes at 50,000ft then glide over a battlefield for hours searching for prey.
Robot wars; AS CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES GIVE WAY TO UNMANNED WEAPONS, THE TACTICS OF COMBAT WILL CHANGE FOR EVER
As envisioned, LOCAAS has a standoff range of more than 90 miles, a search area of 33 square miles, and a turbojet engine capable of powering the munition for 30 minutes.
Electronic combat support for an expeditionary air force: the lessons of history
The Powered Locaas (known simply as Locaas) weighed 45 kg, was 910 cm long, and was powered by a 0.13-kN turbine engine.
One-way ticket the loiter-attack drone
LOCAAS can be launched from F-16, F-22, Joint Strike Fighter, B-1 and B-2 aircraft.
Precision weapons command more attention, resources
Powered by an 11cm jet engine, LOCAAS can be dropped in groups of up to 300 from planes at 18 metres then glide over a battlefield for hours searching for prey.
Robot wars; AGE OF REMOTE CONTROL CONFLICT, WHERE MACHINES DO THE FIGHTING AND MEN THE KILLING, HAS DAWNED.
LOCAAS had its first successful flight in February.
USAF examining Predator B's UCAV potential. (EC Monitor)
* The Low Cost Autonomous Attack System, or LOCAAS. This 85-pound munition--developed by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, of Dallas--can be dropped from a conventional fighter or bomber or fired from missile.
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* Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control's (Orlando, FL) Low Cost Autonomous Attack System (LOCAAS) demonstrated full air-vehicle flying qualities and guidance performance in a test Monday at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
Low Cost Autonomous Attack System (LOCAAS). (Missile Monitor)
Equipped with a tri-mode seeker and the Locaas warhead, this would weigh about 63.5 kg and have a range of 465 km.
Bolt from the blue: as aerial combat becomes a distant memory, the emphasis in aircraft armament is now on the ground attack role, with growing demands for day and night all-weather precision weapon delivery against fixed and moving targets, the minimum of collateral damage and the ability to out-range increasingly effective ground defences
As it turns out, Lockheed has proposed that the Army upgrade the TACMS with a so-called universal dispenser that could be used to fire BATs or possibly other submunitions, such as the Lockheed-made LOCAAS. The Low Cost Autonomous Attack System munition is capable of broad area search, identification, and destruction of mobile ground targets.
Army pondering alternatives for tactical missile payload
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