Gray Wolf Missile Design
By Scott Gourley
As part of the U.S. Air Force WeaponONE Digital Enterprise Program, researchers are combining the strengths of digital engineering and open-architecture designs to address a dynamic spectrum of threats. Northrop Grumman's Gray Wolf cruise missile design is one of the latest results of this effort, bringing cost efficiencies and collaborative thinking together to produce a framework for digitally designed weapons.
Data-Informed Decisions
Dan Salluce, Northrop Grumman program manager for Gray Wolf, says that the current design emerged from a previous Low Cost Cruise Missile (LCCM) study sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to explore the effectiveness and viability of developing a small, affordable, network-enabled, collaborative cruise missile.
