U.S. Navy Develops New Hypersonic Missile Interceptor
The U.S. Navy has initiated the development of a new air defence missile dubbed “Compact Agile Interceptor” against hypersonic missiles.
The U.S. Navy has initiated the development of a new air defence missile dubbed “Compact Agile Interceptor” against hypersonic missiles.
According to a report from Defense News, Raytheon is working on a new guidance section for SM-2 Block IIIC and SM-6 air defence missiles used by the USN.
SM-6 Dual II long-range air defence missile intercepted Northrop Grumman’s MRBM T3c2 target missile during MDA’s firing test for the AEGIS system.
In the announced plan for FY24, USN and USMC are set to acquire some of the new weapon systems, such as the CPS hypersonic missile and JASSM-ER cruise missile.
The U.S. approved a possible FMS to the Republic of Korea of Standard Missile 6 Block I (SM-6 Blk I) and AIM-9X Block II and Block II+ Sidewinder Missiles.