Program Status
- March 2005 - Program started.
- February 2006 - 1st flight test.
- October 2008 - 8th flight test and 1st ever 2.75" guided rocket live warhead flight test.
- March 2009 - 1st platform flight test - Apache AH-64D Attack Helicopter.
- July 2009 - 2nd platform flight test - Little Bird AH-6: successfully hit the target in two separate trials.
- March 29, 2010 - 3rd platform test - Lockheed Martin’s DAGR Guided Rocket Fires Successfully From Kiowa Warrior Helicopter.
- May 8, 2012 - DAGR hits a truck target moving 25 mph fired from an AH-64D Apache 3.5 km away.
- September 2012 - DAGR successfully hits stationary targets while launched from ground-based mounts. Two missiles flew 3.5 kilometers and hit the target within one foot of the illuminated laser spot.
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