U.S. Navy To Set Requirements For Cheap, High-Capacity Anti-Surface Weapons

A Quickstrike-ER Naval mine is dropped over the Pacific Ocean during a 2019 test.

Credit: U.S. Navy
SPARKS, Nevada—The U.S. Navy expects to provide requirements this coming fiscal year on a new initiative to field low-cost, high-quantity munitions to augment carrier magazines that are currently not carrying enough bombs and missiles. The service is undertaking a series of new munitions programs...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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