Army seeks seed funding to launch new Affordable High Speed Strike missile in FY-26

Army seeks seed funding to launch new Affordable High Speed Strike missile in FY-26

The Army is seeking fiscal year 2026 funding to jump-start a new missile development effort aimed at delivering an "affordable," mobile and high-speed theater strike capability, a clean-sheet missile concept unfettered by Cold War treaty limits. Dubbed Affordable High-Speed Strike (AHSS), the new-start initiative is part of the service’s Long Range Precision Fires modernization effort, backed by a modest but symbolically important $501,000 seed …