No more expensive 150 thousand: US want to develop a cheap trucker winged rocket

Ammunition production involves the mass production and compression of the rocket for allies and partners of the United States. The US Air Force Research Laboratory (Afwerx) innovative unit seeks to get an inexpensive winged rocket worth $ 150,000 per unit. The Air Force press service reports.

Within the framework of Design Sprint and Challenge teams, teams use the experience of technical communities to obtain a relatively inexpensive permutic winged rocket with a range of up to 926 km (500 sea miles). The cost of 150 thousand should be achieved with a wholesale order. In addition, the work of teams should be scaled and accessible to US partner countries and allies. The first phase of the program took place in the fall of 2023, and the second should begin in early 2024.

It will apply to demonstrations, weapons, as well as the manufacture of systems and test stand for further production. AFWERX noted that they provided recommendations on the logistics and structure of teams of developers to make the process continuously. Currently, the US Department of Air Force is in parallel with 50 competitions that AFWERX.