DARPA MAD-FIRES Anti-Ship Missile Self Defense for LCS & FFG(X)
Raytheon unveiled a video illustrating what MAD-FIRES is and how it works. MAD-FIRES is the round the company is currently developing with DARPA for the U.S. Navy surface combatants fitted with 57mm main guns.
The Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System, or MAD-FIRES, is a missile but it comes out of a 57 mm caliber gun according to Raytheon (who is working on the project with DARPA). It is designed to combine the guidance, precision and accuracy generally afforded by missiles with the speed, rapid-fire capability and large ammunition capacity afforded by bullets.
This video interview was originally recorded during Sea Air Space 2019 in May 2019.
Read More: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2019/07/video-darpa-mad-fires-anti-ship-missile-self-defense-for-lcs-ffgx/
Not bad but isn’t the 76 mm Strales system a better match for most warships, bigger calibre, longer range i mean a 57 mm turret is too big to replace most CIWS like Phalanx and Goalkeeper, unless your ship is a corvette or a patrol boat.
If your LCS or FFG is engaged in an air and sea battle subjected to saturation missile attacks without cruiser or destroyer support, then you're gonna need more than 57mm, and someone screwed up on the intel.
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Not bad but isn’t the 76 mm Strales system a better match for most warships, bigger calibre, longer range i mean a 57 mm turret is too big to replace most CIWS like Phalanx and Goalkeeper, unless your ship is a corvette or a patrol boat.
The 57mm is only suitable for Patrol Boats or as secondary weapon on the stern. Pathetic if though of as a main armament.
If your LCS or FFG is engaged in an air and sea battle subjected to saturation missile attacks without cruiser or destroyer support, then you're gonna need more than 57mm, and someone screwed up on the intel.
I wonder if the USCG will also join this program like they did for the ALaMO rounds.
Isn't that the Spanish frigate design?
Great concept