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U.S. Air Force Continues Gray Wolf Low-Cost Cruise Missile Effort

U.S. Air Force Continues Gray Wolf Low-Cost Cruise Missile Effort
An F-16 Fighting Falcon flown by Air Force Maj. Jacob Schonig from the 416th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB, Calif., conducts a captive-carry flight test with a Gray Wolf cruise missile prototype over the Pacific Ocean, June 9, 2020. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

While the U.S. Air Force said this month that it had, for the first time, flight tested collaborative weapons under the service's Golden Horde program--one of three service Vanguard efforts, the Air Force is also pursuing a scaled-down Gray Wolf low-cost cruise missile prototype. More than two years ago, the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Gray Wolf program consisted of four spiral-development phases to develop and field a $100,000 cruise missile that could act in swarms to defeat enemy air…

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