US Army will adapt USN missiles to plug capability gap
US Army intends to use Tomahawk and SM-6 to meet a key mid-range missile priority
The US Army is repurposing marquee elements of the USN strike inventory in order to expedite efforts to field a prototype Mid-Range Capability (MRC) battery by 2023, by tapping Lockheed Martin to integrate the Tomahawk cruise missile and Standard Missile-6 into a new ground-launch system.
Under an Other Transaction Agreement with the US Army, worth $339 million and announced on 6 November, Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems will integrate the Raytheon-made missiles, plus a launcher and C2 system, into an MRC Block I prototype.
‘Adapting existing systems as much as possible will allow us to move faster than traditional
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