Overview
- This week the Navy issued a $70 million Prototype Other Transaction Authority agreement routed through CMG Networks and the Naval Aviation Systems Consortium for CoAspire to design, build, test, and deliver a ground‑launched RAACM‑ER variant to PMX‑201 under the CHAOS program.
- CoAspire will adapt its RAACM‑ER with a booster and mobile launcher so the system can strike land targets and moving maritime targets in a ground‑launched configuration.
- The company says the RAACM‑ER family uses additive manufacturing to cut tooling and touch labor, speed variant development, and enable higher‑rate, lower‑cost production suitable for foreign military sales.
- CHAOS is listed as a planned FY‑2027 new start in Navy budget documents and PAE Munitions expects at least one more industry agreement as part of a competitive acquisition strategy with R&D and procurement funding requested.
- The award fits a wider Pentagon push for distributable, lower‑cost precision strike to deepen munition stocks for the fleet and allies and relies on nontraditional acquisition tools to speed new suppliers into the industrial base.