January 7, 2009 Coming soon to somewhere hopefully not near you. DAGR is a semi-active laser guidance kit that adapts to 2.75-inch/70mm rockets to provide guided-rocket performance comparable to ...

Hellfire II missiles are accurate and powerful, but expensive. Hydra 70 rockets are relatively cheap but unguided and far less accurate, which increases the chances of incurring collateral damage.

At only 2.75 inches in diameter, the Direct Attack Guided Rocket—DAGR, pronounced dagger—is designed to be the bread-and-butter air-to-surface weapon in the US arsenal.

March 26, 2014: The U.S. Army recently completed live fire tests of the DAGR 70mm guided missile. Sixteen DAGRs were successfully launched and hit targets. This was done using three types of ...

Lockheed Martin will seek US Army approval in 2008 to deploy to Iraq a surface-launched version of a new guided rocket, which, if approved, could occur within weeks of the first airborne firings ...

DAGR SHOT: Lockheed Martin announced Jan. 6 it has successfully conducted the first live warhead ground test launch of the Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) guidance kit for the 2.75-inch rocket.

SHOOTING DAGRs: Lockheed Martin recently launched DAGR rockets from an airborne Boeing AH-6 Little Bird helicopter and hit the target in two separate trials. The company also fired DAGR rockets ...

Development of a precision-guided rocket to arm helicopters and unmanned air vehicles has taken a new twist, with Lockheed Martin developing a weapon with company money as the US Army cuts funding ...

The deal also encompasses 36 Defense Advanced GPS Receivers (DAGR), low-cost reduced range practice rockets, communication systems including AN/PRC-117G, AN/PRC-158, and AN/PRC-160 radios, as well ...