Posted on Sep 23, 2023
U.S. Marine Corps and the New Long-Range Attack Munition - Naval News
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Naval News was in attendance at the media roundtable teleconference. The USMC generals stated that the Hellfire anti-tank guided missile has a range of 8 kilometers (nearly 5 miles) and the Marines deemed that insufficient for precision stand-off range because that would put the AH-1Z attack helicopters well within enemy surface-to-air missile range. To counter this, the under-development Long-Range Attack Munition (LRAM) will have a range in the “hundreds of kilometers and be ready 24 [hours a day]/7 [days a week] with the ground troops.”
The quest for information on the new LRAM took a bit of a circuitous route in August 2023. Naval News inquired to the U.S. Marine’s Public Affairs who transferred the LRAM inquiry to the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). NAVAIR checked their programs and replied with the U.S. Navy’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) and that is not the USMC’s LRAM. NAVAIR then replied to a follow-on email that the LRAM does not exist in its program inventory. So Naval News went another route with the U.S. Marines, and at the end of August, a USMC major at the Director of Communication Strategy & Operations, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration at Quantico, Virginia, emailed the following comments.
The quest for information on the new LRAM took a bit of a circuitous route in August 2023. Naval News inquired to the U.S. Marine’s Public Affairs who transferred the LRAM inquiry to the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). NAVAIR checked their programs and replied with the U.S. Navy’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) and that is not the USMC’s LRAM. NAVAIR then replied to a follow-on email that the LRAM does not exist in its program inventory. So Naval News went another route with the U.S. Marines, and at the end of August, a USMC major at the Director of Communication Strategy & Operations, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration at Quantico, Virginia, emailed the following comments.
U.S. Marine Corps and the New Long-Range Attack Munition - Naval News
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Update:
NAVAIR on September 19, 2023 issued a “LRASM Sources Sought” document:
NAVAIR is conducting market research to determine if there are any responsible sources that have the capability, experience and facilities required to support the rapid development, maturation, integration, prototyping, test, qualification and initial fielding of prototype units in support of the USCM LRAM weapon system.
Requirements:
The USMC requires a Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Family of Systems (FoS) aircraft agnostic, network enabled, long-range precision weapon that will generate an asymmetric advantage in range, standoff, and lethality to deter/destroy both maritime and land based targets. The USMC’s desired LRAM solution is a modular design that allows trade-space for various mission specific payloads with a minimum total payload weight capacity of 25 pounds (lbs) to include weapon seeker and warhead (but excludes fuel weight), while relying on a Universal Armaments Interface (UAI) for launch platform integration. The Naval Air Systems Command anticipates awarding a development contract for LRAM in FY2025.
The objective of this notice is to help the Government determine if there are existing sources with the capability and experience to rapidly prototype, integrate, test and field a long-range, network-enabled weapon system capable of launch from a Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) platform to meet the following threshold requirements:"
..."Update:
NAVAIR on September 19, 2023 issued a “LRASM Sources Sought” document:
NAVAIR is conducting market research to determine if there are any responsible sources that have the capability, experience and facilities required to support the rapid development, maturation, integration, prototyping, test, qualification and initial fielding of prototype units in support of the USCM LRAM weapon system.
Requirements:
The USMC requires a Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Family of Systems (FoS) aircraft agnostic, network enabled, long-range precision weapon that will generate an asymmetric advantage in range, standoff, and lethality to deter/destroy both maritime and land based targets. The USMC’s desired LRAM solution is a modular design that allows trade-space for various mission specific payloads with a minimum total payload weight capacity of 25 pounds (lbs) to include weapon seeker and warhead (but excludes fuel weight), while relying on a Universal Armaments Interface (UAI) for launch platform integration. The Naval Air Systems Command anticipates awarding a development contract for LRAM in FY2025.
The objective of this notice is to help the Government determine if there are existing sources with the capability and experience to rapidly prototype, integrate, test and field a long-range, network-enabled weapon system capable of launch from a Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) platform to meet the following threshold requirements:"
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My only question is I hope you don't give these all to the Ukrainians. Will we have any left in case we have to fight China in the next 5 years?
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/politics/us-weapon-stocks-ukraine/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/politics/us-weapon-stocks-ukraine/index.html
US is running low on some weapons and ammunition to transfer to Ukraine | CNN Politics
As the first full winter of Russia’s war with Ukraine sets in, the US is running low on some high-end weapons systems and ammunition available to transfer to Kyiv, three US officials with direct knowledge tell CNN.
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