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A model of RAACM-ER is on display at the Farnborough Airshow.
FARNBOROUGH, England—The U.S. Navy has picked CoAspire’s Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile-Extended Range for a new program aimed at quickly delivering low-cost missiles to foreign partners.
The $70 million award from Naval Air Systems Command is under the Coalition Heterogeneous Affordable Offensive Strike (CHAOS) program for foreign military sales. The RAACM-ER is a ground-launched, mid-range cruise missile to attack both land-based and moving targets at sea.
The company and the Navy have not identified specific nations participating in CHAOS. In an announcement, CoAspire says its end-use customers are allies and coalition partners who need an adaptable maritime strike missile that can be manufactured at scale.
“CoAspire is thrilled to support the U.S. Navy with this much-needed, affordable, mid-range maritime strike weapon,” says Doug Denneny, CoAspire’s CEO and founder, in a statement.
The RAACM-ER uses a booster and launcher system adapted for the specific requirements of CHAOS. The company says it is comparable to a variant used for the U.S. Army’s Low-Cost Containerized Munition program.
CoAspire is one of three companies, along with Anduril and Zone5, tapped for the Family of Affordable Mass Munitions (FAMM) program. The Air Force in April announced plans to buy the first 26,910 missiles under the program from fiscal 2027 to 2031. CoAspire’ s offering is for a lugged missile to be carried by aircraft, while other missiles are also being developed for palletized launchers.
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