GQM-163A test-fired from East Coast for the first time

The U.S. Navy has successfully test-fired the GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target (SSST) from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in Virginia on Sept. 12.


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This is the first time the missile has been test-fired from the East Coast of conterminous United States.

Wallops Flight Facility can now support fleet missile exercise (MSLEX) training with supersonic target capability.

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