US Army Testing Multi-Mission Launcher at China Lake

The Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center successfully fired three missile interceptors from the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 Block 1 Multi-Mission Launcher launch tube at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, California last week. This is the first of what is expected to be multiple firings of the interceptor from the target platform.

The Multi-Mission Launcher, MML, is an Army effort to design and develop a new launcher in support of the IFPC Increment 2‐Intercept program, a major acquisition program originating with the Program Executive Office, Missile and Space.

The MML provides the capability to launch a variety of different munition, provides 360-degree protection, and can fire at multiple targets at the same time. Those potential targets include; cruise missiles, unmanned aerial systems, rockets, artillery and mortars.

AMRDEC will build two different MML prototypes during the next phase of development which is the technology maturation and risk reduction phase.

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