U.S. Navy Launches 1st GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target from U.S. East Coast
The U.S. Navy conducted the first East Coast launch of the GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Sept. 12 as part of a fleet missile exercise, known as MSLEX.
Xavier Vavasseur 24 Sep 2019
The U.S. Navy successfully launched its first GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target (SSST) from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in Virginia Sept. 12 to meet expanding fleet training requirements on the East Coast.
The Navy’s aerial targets program office (PMA-208) worked with multiple stakeholders to launch two GQM-163A targets, demonstrating operational capability and completing the WFF site activation for an East Coast supersonic target capability in support of a fleet missile exercise (MSLEX) training.
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