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Air Force

CoAspire Unveils Extended Range Affordable Cruise Missile

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 28th, 2026

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CoAspire Unveils Extended Range Affordable Cruise Missile

CoAspire's Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile-Extended Range on display at the 2026 Sea-Air-Space expo. Photo: Cal Biesecker

Building on a cruise missile it developed and is already in production for a U.S. government customer, CoAspire last week introduced an extended-range version of the missile that is in development with a government customer and will begin flight-testing shortly, the company said. The 10-foot long, turbojet engine-powered Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile-Extended Range (RAACM-ER) has “roughly twice the range” of RAACM, which is in production, Doug Denneny, founder, owner and CEO of CoAspire, told Defense Daily April 21 at…

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