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Navy Investing In Guns, Pushing For Counter-UAS Mission With HVPs

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Navy Investing In Guns, Pushing For Counter-UAS Mission With HVPs
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG-97) fires its five-inch gun while underway for basic phase certification and training in Dec. 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin M. Langer)

Navy program managers this month said the service is starting to put some investment back into naval guns, including as lower cost counter-unmanned aerial systems (UAS) weapons. “The department is putting a lot more investment back into the guns. The guns actually have a kill in theater in the Red Sea. We are looking for their counter-UAS capability, leveraging the hypervelocity projectile (HVP). It's not necessarily hypervelocity in this scenario, but that is going to make the five-inch gun more…

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