Hypersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Has To Be Ready By 2028 Navy Says
In its latest budget request, the Navy makes clear that it has to rush to get its hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile into service.
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JOSEPH TREVITHICK
APR 23, 2022 1:46 PM
An artist's conception of a very-high-speed air-launched cruise missile.
The U.S. Navy says it needs to field an air-launched air-breathing hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile no later than 2028. The service says this weapon is essential to help it counter emerging threats from potential near-peer adversaries, such as China and Russia.
Details about what the Navy is now formally calling the Hypersonic Air-Launched Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare missile, or HALO, are contained in recently released documents related to the service's latest budget request for the 2023 Fiscal Year. This program was previously known as Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare Increment 2 (OASuW Inc 2). OASuW Increment 1 is the existing AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), a subsonic design.
"OASuW Inc 2/HALO will address advanced threats from engagement distances that allow the Navy to operate in, and control, contested battle space in littoral waters and Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) environments," one budget document says. "In order to counter the evolving near-peer threat capability, OASuW Inc 2/HALO is required to be fielded in FY 2028."
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