On June 27, 2023, the Army's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office's Mid-Range Capability Project Office, in conjunction with Soldiers from 1st Multi-Domain Task Force, and the U.S. Navy Program Executive Office Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons, successfully demonstrated the launch of a Tomahawk missile from the Army's prototype Mid-Range Capability system. (US Army)
WASHINGTON — The Army could award contracts for its high-profile Common Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (CAML) program next month, according to Lt. Gen. Frank Lozano, the service’s portfolio acquisition executive for Fires.
Lozano also announced that the Army is currently “negotiating a contract” with AeroVironment (AV) for the service’s Enduring-High Energy Laser (E-HEL) program, the Army’s first program of record for a new family of high-energy lasers designed to take down airborne threats, primarily drones.
“We’re actually just on the tail end of a number of demonstrations from vendors who are proposing the autonomous mobile platform […] and the munitions pallet capability, and a pitch on weapon system integration capability,” Lozano said of the CAML program during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event Tuesday. “We’ll probably look at making an award towards the end of the August timeframe.”
