LOCAT

LOCAT
TypeTarget drone
Place of originUnited States
Service history
In service1969
Used byUnited States Army
Production history
ManufacturerPhilco-Ford
Specifications
Mass155 pounds (70 kg)
Length15 feet (4.6 m)
Diameter9.6 inches (240 mm)

Engine3x Mk 40 Mod 0 solid fuel rockets
Operational
range
2 miles (3.2 km)
Maximum speed 520 miles per hour (840 km/h)
Guidance
system
None
Launch
platform
Douglas AD Skyraider
McDonnell F2H Banshee

The Low-Cost Aerial Target, or LOCAT, was designed as an inexpensive target rocket for use by the United States Army during the late 1960s. The missile was tested by the U.S. Army, but failed to win a production contract.