What Happened
Zone 5 Technologies To Develop Maritime Strike Variant Of Rusty Dagger
The US Navy has awarded Zone 5 Technologies a $65 million contract to develop a maritime strike variant of the AGM-188 Rusty Dagger cruise missile under the Coalition Heterogeneous Affordable Offensive Strike (CHAOS) program. The contract is part of the Navy’s effort to field affordable, scalable precision strike weapons against land and maritime targets. Zone 5 will work with PAE Munitions and the Naval Aviation Systems Consortium to deliver the missile. The award is the second CHAOS contract issued by the Navy, following a $70 million agreement with CoAspire in July. This development was first reported by Defence Blog.