The Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) is a weapons system under development by Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin

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. The program goal is to provide a low cost 2.75 inch (70 mm) precision guided rocket

Rocket

A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engine. In all rockets, the exhaust is formed entirely from propellants carried within the rocket before use. Rocket engines work by action and reaction...

 which is compatible with existing Hellfire II systems and launchers in service. The system will use components from the existing Hydra 70

Hydra 70

The Hydra 70 rocket is a weapon derived from the 70 mm Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket developed by the United States Navy for use as a free-flight aerial rocket in the late 1940s.-Overview:...

 rocket, but differs from other upgrades to the Hydra 70 such as APKWS and LOGIR

Logir

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 in that it is designed to be plug-and-play compatible with the Hellfire missile and use the M299 Hellfire launcher, increasing the load-out by up to four times.

Specifications

• Diameter: 2.75 in (70 mm)
• Length: 75 in (1.9 m)
• Wingspan: 8.75 in (222 mm)
• Weight: 35.0 lb (15.8 kg)
• Guidance: Semi-active laser homing (SALH).
• Range from Sea Level: Min: 1.5 km Max: 5 km
• Range from 20,000 feet: 12 km.
• Motor: Existing Hydra 70 motors.
• Warhead: M151 warhead with M423 fuze

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.

See also

• Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System
  Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System
  The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System is a developmental program to provide a laser guided missile which is compatible with existing Hydra 70 unguided rocket systems in service.-Overview:...
  
  
• Low-Cost Guided Imaging Rocket
  Low-Cost Guided Imaging Rocket
  The Low-Cost Guided Imaging Rocket is a weapons system under development for the US Navy in a joint program with South Korea. The program aims to provide a precision guided 2.75 inch rocket for use with existing Hydra 70 systems in service, as such it has many similarities with the Advanced...
  
  
• Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket - Laser
  Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket - Laser
  The Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket is a weapons systems under development by Alliant Techsystems and Elbit Systems. It is intended to provide a low-cost guided missile compatible with existing unguided 70mm rocket launch platforms such as the Hydra 70....
  
  
• Roketsan Cirit
• Others & History - http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/guided-hydra-rockets-program-halts-new-entries-03157/