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Navy/USMC

Navy Plans To Issue EMD Contract For Carrier-Based Hypersonic Weapon In Early 2024

Tuesday, July 18th, 2023

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Navy Plans To Issue EMD Contract For Carrier-Based Hypersonic Weapon In Early 2024

A Lockheed Martin rendering of LRASM. (Image: Lockheed Martin).

A recent Navy notice said the service intends to conduct a competition for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase for an aircraft carrier-based hypersonic weapon program later this year or early next year. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) issued a pre-solicitation announcement on July 10 that said it intends to release a final Request For Proposals for the Hypersonic Air-Launched Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare (OASuW) (HALO) weapon system program in the first or second quarter of fiscal year 2024. The…

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