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Army Official Sees ‘Cheaper, ‘Quicker’ Path To Autonomous Launcher With Industry Concept

Army Official Sees ‘Cheaper, ‘Quicker’ Path To Autonomous Launcher With Industry Concept
An Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher experiments with Direct Support Fire Technology during Project Convergence-Capstone 5 on Fort Irwin, Calif. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Bobbi-Jo McGinley)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – An Army official leading long-range fires development said Wednesday industry has demonstrated a promising concept that could offer a “cheaper,” “quicker” path to getting after an autonomous launcher, citing an interest in having such solutions participate in the Transforming in Contact (TiC) initiative. Brig. Gen. Rory Crooks, director of the Long Range Precision Fires Cross-Functional Team, said the Army is interested in building on its own work developing the Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (AML) concept to further bolster capacity,…

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