The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) released Mission Talon-Strike on 9 May, seeking proposals via a Request for Tender (RFT) from industry for the delivery of a low-cost, domestic manufactured, medium-range precision loitering munition. The technology seeks to bridge the short to long-range gap and provide the land combat force with enhanced operational effects to mitigate potential adversaries.
Talon-Strike will address the problem statement: How might we strike land targets from medium range with low cost, land-launched loitering munitions?
The RFT closed on Friday 30 May, with evaluations now underway.