{"id":33942,"date":"2020-10-12T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/10\/12\/us-army-hones-in-on-solution-for-new-mid-range-missile-pursuit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:49:21","slug":"us-army-hones-in-on-solution-for-new-mid-range-missile-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa-digital-show-dailies\/2020\/10\/12\/us-army-hones-in-on-solution-for-new-mid-range-missile-pursuit\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army hones in on solution for new mid-range missile pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army\u2019s new pursuit for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2020\/09\/02\/us-army-pursuing-new-mid-range-missile-amid-tactical-missile-upgrade-delay\/\" target=_blank>mid-range missile<\/a> will be finalized by the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office by the end of the year, the office\u2019s director told Defense News in an interview ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service has set a goal to field the chosen missile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2020\/09\/08\/for-the-us-armys-fires-capability-2023-is-the-year-that-will-change-everything\/\" target=_blank>in less than three years<\/a> \u2014 by the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 \u2014 which means it can\u2019t start from scratch, said Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou might be able to take something that\u2019s in the [science &amp; technology] world already and do something with it,\u201d he said. &#8221; You might be able to take an existing joint service program and do something with it. There are lots of opportunities. I don\u2019t think that \u201923 is an unrealistic outcome.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RCCTO received the mission in July following a strategic fires study conducted by the Army\u2019s force development arm earlier this year. The development team had found a gap in the service\u2019s ability to reach enemy targets in the 500-2,000-kilometer range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense News first reported the Army\u2019s plan to pursue the mid-range missile in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had it for, you know a hundred days or so. But we\u2019re very narrowed in on a couple of very specific solution sets right now,\u201d Thurgood said, \u201cand trying to figure out: OK, what is it? If we do this, what are the rest of the things that we have to do? So I think we\u2019re relatively close on that outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thurgood said once the Army chooses a material solution, it will remain in the classified realm \u201cfor some time.\u201d The service plans to take this approach &#8220;until we\u2019re comfortable that we\u2019re on the right path and the technologies we need are protected. We\u2019ll be pretty careful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mid-range missile will fit in the Army\u2019s fires portfolio between its<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/04\/30\/us-army-completes-third-test-of-lockheeds-precision-strike-missile\/\" target=_blank> Precision Strike Munition<\/a>, designed to hit targets out to 499 kilometers, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2020\/08\/05\/heres-how-the-dod-plans-to-meet-its-ambitious-hypersonic-missile-test-schedule\/\" target=_blank> ground-launched hypersonic missiles<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need to pursue this with great speed and really make \u201923 a year that changes everything in both [the European and Pacific] theaters,\u201d Brig. Gen. John Rafferty, who is in charge of the Army\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2020\/03\/06\/army-takes-40-mile-shots-from-extended-range-cannon-in-demo\/\" target=_blank> long-range precision fires modernization effort<\/a>, told Defense News in an interview last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou can see in the Pacific where that would be so valuable, having the mid-range capability that can attack maritime targets,\u201d he added. And in Europe, \u201cyou hold the adversary\u2019s assets at risk in depth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having a deep portfolio of range capabilities in the Pacific provides a large mix of options because there are so many different locations from which to fire missiles. 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