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Conventional Prompt Strike

by Lockheed MartinUS

Give the Navy a non-nuclear weapon that can hit a defended, time-critical target far away within minutes, fired from stealthy ships and submarines that are hard to find first.

ProtoStage 2 of 5

Zumwalt refit with launchers done; first at-sea test slipped from 2025 to 2027

Updated 17 Jul 2026Checked 11 Oct0 updates this week

Milestones

Next · First at-sea flight test from USS Zumwalt
  1. Two end-to-end flight tests of the Navy-Army missile2024Complete.
  2. First cold-gas launch test, Cape CanaveralMay 2025Complete.
  3. USS Zumwalt finishes sea trials with CPS launch tubes21 Jan 2026Complete.
  4. First at-sea flight test from USS ZumwaltTarget 2027+24 mooriginally 2025Current milestone.

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