OpFires
Operational Fires (abbreviated as OpFires) is a hypersonic ground-launched system developed by DARPA for the United States Armed Forces. The system deploys a boost glide vehicle. The prime contractor for the program is Lockheed Martin.
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OpFires
- Name
- Operational Fires (OpFires)
- Field
- hypersonic weapon
- Region
- United States
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Overview
Overview
The missile's range is thought to be up to 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers). OpFires intended to produce a medium-range hypersonic missile that costs less and with less range than the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) to strike larger numbers of targets at operational ranges. It will reuse the glide body from the AGM-183 ARRW. The unique aspect of OpFires is use of a "throttleable" rocket motor, where thrust can be turned off at a desired point mid-flight instead of needing to wait until all fuel is burned to make it better able to hit a short-range target.
Key facts
Key facts
• Is Missile — yes • Name — Operational Fires (OpFires) • Type — Hypersonic glide vehicle medium-range ballistic missile • Origin — United States • Service — Experimental program which concluded in FY2022 • Used By — United States • Designer — DARPA • Engine — rocket motor • Vehicle Range — 1000 miles (1609 kilometers) • Speed — hypersonic • Launch Platform — specialized pallet for Palletized Load System
History
History
The system was successfully tested in July 2022 from a Palletized Load System-based launcher vehicle at White Sands Missile Range. The system achieved all test objectives, including first ever use of a U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) logistics truck as a medium-range missile launcher, missile canister egress, stable flight capture, and use of U.S. Army inventory artillery fire control systems to initiate the test mission. Lockheed Martin built the system, which includes a Northrop Grumman rocket motor, and conducted the test.
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article OpFires, revision 1371224049 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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- 1.Lockheed Martin's Hypersonic OpFires Missile Has Medium Range Covered.
- 2.Hypersonic Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress. August 25, 2021.
- 3.Operational Fires Program Successfully Completes First Flight Test. July 13, 2022.
- 4.DARPA's OpFires programme completes first flight test. Army Technology. July 14, 2022.
- 5.DARPA Updates on OpFires Hypersonic Missile Test. August 10, 2022.
- 6.DARPA’s Hypersonic OpFires Aims For Army 1,000-Mile Missile. Breaking Defense. 23 October 2020.
- 7.Helfrich, Emma. The U.S. Just Racked Up Two Successful Hypersonic Missile Tests. The Drive. July 13, 2022.
- 8.Operational Fires Program Successfully Completes First Flight Test. DARPA.mil.
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