L3Harris unveils ‘wolf pack’ munitions with eyes on Marine Corps program

WASHINGTON — L3Harris today unveiled a pair of aerial munitions that are designed to be fired as swarms from a variety of platforms and provide kinetic effects, employ electronic warfare capabilities, or act as decoys for enemy fires.

The munitions, which the company has dubbed Red Wolf and Green Wolf, have been successfully integrated onto a US Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper, and company executives stated the capability could be launched from other aerial, seaboard or ground platforms, but declined to name others citing customer sensitivity.

Red Wolf is a kinetic munition while Green Wolf is designed to employ electronic warfare capabilities or act a decoy, the executives said.

“Our launched effects ‘wolf pack’ provides U.S. military branches — regardless of platform — with a significant advantage in closing long-range kill chains, defeating adversarial threats in challenging environments and protecting assets,” said Ed Zoiss, president of space and airborne systems at L3Harris. “The Red Wolf and Green Wolf are lethal, modular, affordable and ready to hunt.”

L3Harris has spent 10 years designing and developing the munitions and completed more than 40 test flights to date, with additional flights planned for this year. The executives said that Red Wolf and Green Wolf are in low-rate initial production but declined to name specific customers. They also said the price per munition would be in the range of $300,000 to $500,000 per round.

They also said Red and Green Wolf are targeting the Marine Corps’ Precision Attack Strike Missile program, which The War Zone reported is aiming to give the AH-1Z Viper fleet the kind of extended range the Marines anticipate will be needed in a fight in the Indo-Pacific. Speaking to reporters today, the executives said the wolf pack capability exceeded the service’s objectives.

Separate from the new munitions, L3Harris also announced plans today “to construct an extensive large solid rocket motor (LSRM) production campus.”

“Arkansas is a great place for L3Harris to fortify the domestic solid rocket motor industrial base, with its dedicated workforce and strong state and local partnerships,” said Christopher Kubasik, L3Harris’s CEO. “Large solid rocket motors are essential to our nation’s missile and strategic defense, and as the Trusted Disruptor, we are strengthening our ability to produce these systems rapidly and at scale, which is essential for current demand and the Golden Dome missile defense shield.”