During the test, Red Wolf also demonstrated its ability to function as a targeting and networking node, highlighting its utility beyond a purely kinetic role.<\/p>\n
The event additionally marked the first time a Marine Corps rotary-wing platform employed a weapon system operated via a\u00a0tablet-based<\/a>\u00a0control device.<\/p>\n \u201cThis test validated Red Wolf\u2019s advanced tracking and targeting capabilities, further demonstrating its ease of use and integration across platforms,\u201d President at L3Harris\u2019 Space and Airborne Systems\u00a0Ed Zoiss<\/strong>\u00a0said<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve now proven our launched effects vehicles will help provide our warfighters the asymmetrical advantage they need to handle increasingly sophisticated threats without the need to enter into adversary weapon engagement zones.\u201d<\/p>\n Versatile Munition Pack<\/strong><\/p>\n Red Wolf is a family of \u201claunched effects\u201d that can be employed for precision strike as well as non-kinetic roles, including communications relay, signal detection, electronic attack, and decoy missions.<\/p>\n The turbojet-powered, six-foot (1.82-meter) missile-class vehicle features fold-out fins for stabilization and control and can be equipped with payloads weighing up to 25 pounds (11.4 kilograms).<\/p>\n According to L3Harris, Red Wolf flies at subsonic speed and offers a\u00a0range<\/a>\u00a0of more than 200 nautical miles (approximately 230 miles\/370 kilometers) at low altitude, with an endurance exceeding 60 minutes.<\/p>\n This reach allows it to operate outside the engagement envelopes of modern shipborne surface-to-air missile systems and coastal anti-access\/area-denial networks.<\/p>\n In a Pacific conflict, the munition could be used to temporarily disrupt a warship\u2019s sensors, creating a window for follow-on salvos from larger weapons such as the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile or the Joint Strike Missile.<\/p>\n Affordable Missile for a Pacific Fight<\/strong><\/p>\n The system has been flight-tested more than 40 times since 2020 across a range of platforms, including crewed and uncrewed fixed-wing aircraft, rotorcraft, and ground-based launchers, demonstrating a high level of technical maturity.<\/p>\n With an estimated unit cost of around $300,000, L3Harris is reportedly targeting a production rate of up to 1,000 missiles per year.<\/p>\n Red Wolf supports the Pentagon\u2019s push to augment limited inventories of high-cost long-range strike weapons in a protracted peer conflict, particularly in the Indo-Pacific, where systems such as the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile\u2013Extended Range and Tomahawk are expensive and production-constrained.<\/p>\n RedWolf is expected to be ready for initial operational fielding in 2026,\u00a0according to<\/a>\u00a0Armada International<\/em>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/l3harris-sas-acs-red-wolf-vehicl.jpg\")