The Naval Brief: Long-range fires experimentation; Hypersonic development tests; Red Hill defueling; and more...
CAITLIN M. KENNEY | OCTOBER 27, 2022
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Joint project. Navy Tomahawks and SM-6 missiles were fired during a scenario at this year’s Army’s Project Convergence experiment in California, Defense One reports. The naval services also demonstrated that they can “sense, counter sense, and make sense” of the environment by using commercial and government off-the-shelf equipment to help troops make decisions faster, said Brig. Gen. Kyle Ellison, commander of the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab at the AFCEA NOVA Naval IT event in Virginia on Tuesday. “Having robust joint all-domain command and control networks supports the warfighter through increased situational awareness and reduced fog of war,” Ellison said.
Hypersonics testing. The Navy and the Army launched a rocket Wednesday in a test that will inform their hypersonics weapon programs, and they plan to launch another one this week. The Navy is developing a common design for a hypersonic missile glide body to be used by the military services, and using that glide body and a booster for its Conventional Prompt Strike weapon. The Army is expected to deliver its first hypersonic missiles to an artillery unit at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state next year.
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/10/the-naval-brief-october-27-2022/379010/
