LOCAAS

Acronym	Definition
LOCAAS	Low Cost Autonomous Attack System
LOCAAS	Low-Cost Anti-Armor Submunition

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The LOCAAS, a loitering munition with a laser-radar seeker -- still in development -- will have a two-way data link in 2006, said Arias.

Someone will be looking at the data the LOCAAS is seeing, make a decision and give the authorization to shoot," Arias said.

Air Force wants missiles redirected in flight: weapons with two-way communications links could help avoid fratricide

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LOCAAS can be launched from F-16, F-22, Joint Strike Fighter, B-1 and B-2 aircraft.

LOCAAS uses a laser detection and ranging (LADAR) seeker to take aim at targets, employing automatic target recognition algorithms.

Precision weapons command more attention, resources

LOCAAS had its first successful flight in February.

Since 2001, the Air Force has spent between $20 million and $39 million annually on LOCAAS and related weapon technology to improve target acquisition and integration.

USAF examining Predator B's UCAV potential. (EC Monitor)

During a recent interview, Collins explained that this dispenser would give commanders more flexibility, because it would allow them to fire the missile with fewer than 13 BATs and to substitute the BAT with other munitions, such as the SADARM, the wide-area munition, the BLU-108, the LOCAAS or even 155mm or 105mm artillery shells.

Army pondering alternatives for tactical missile payload

Collectively, they are known as the Low-Cost Autonomous Attack System, or LOCAAS.

Some LOCAAS submunitions are gliders, but this particular canister releases the powered versions, which rocket toward the target area at 100 m/sec.

The A to Z of lethal SEAD

The LOCAAS program, which began in 1990 as a joint US Army Missile Command/US Air Force Wright Laboratory Armament Directorate R&D investigation of a general-purpose smart munition, attracted the interest of the Lethal SEAD Div.

Air Force finds preemptive SEAD answer in LOCAAS

A "smart" submunition that searches the target area in very fine resolution and has extremely long loiter time, the LOCAAS could fit neatly into the weapons-focused SEAD concept.