Navy To Test Ground-Launched Version Of New Radar-Busting Missile
Story by Joseph Trevithick • Yesterday 12:26 PM
The U.S. Navy is set to demonstrate the ability to fire an AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Guided Missile Extended Range, or AARGM-ER, from a ground-based launcher this year. The missile's manufacturer, Northrop Grumman, has been pitching surface-launch options for the weapon, and derivatives thereof, for years now. The Navy is also exploring adding the AGM-88G to the already expanding arsenal for the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol plane.
U.S. Navy Capt. Alex Dutko, Program Manager for Naval Air Systems Command's (NAVAIR) Direct and Time Sensitive Strike office, or PMA-242, provided the AARGM-ER updates to The War Zone and reporters during a virtual press briefing on February 15. The briefing was held to give a general overview of the AARGM-ER program ahead of this year's Avalon airshow in Australia, which kicks off at the end of the month.
Dutko explained that the Navy used funds it received in the 2022 Fiscal Year to award a contract to Northrop Grumman "to evaluate the feasibility of a ground launch configuration" for AARGM-ER. This effort will "ultimately [be] culminating with a demonstration here in the next several months."
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