New air defense system strengthens layered protection against cruise missiles, drone swarms and evolving aerial threats.
Northrop Grumman is unveiling Raid Hunter™: The official name for its innovative 50mm Gun-Based Air Defense System. Designed to close a critical gap in short-range layered defense, Raid Hunter provides scalable, resilient and cost-effective protection against increasingly complex aerial threats facing today’s warfighters. As adversaries continue to expand the use of cruise missiles, drone swarms and other advanced aerial threats, Raid Hunter delivers rapid, high-capacity firepower to protect military bases, airfields and other critical infrastructure.
Raid Hunter combines proven Chain Gun® technology, precisionguided 50mm ammunition and a networked, interoperable system controller to deliver powerful protection against high-volume, mixed-threat aerial raids. It is designed to defeat a range of aerial threats, including highpriority cruise missiles, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), and other advanced threats.
Raid Hunter’s guided 50mm ammunition, combined with a high-rate-of-fire Chain Gun®, delivers lethal, cost-effective engagement with deep magazines and fast reloads, tackling the economic challenge of massed swarming threats.
Raid Hunter is built to deploy with speed and flexibility through a modular design that enables rapid transport on the C-130, with future vehicle-mounted and container-based variants planned.
Raid Hunter is the latest product of Northrop Grumman’s continued investment in advanced counter-UAS and air defense technologies designed to meet evolving operational requirements and emerging battlefield threats.
As part of the company’s C-UAS integrated air and missile defense portfolio, the system supports layered defense architectures to protect critical assets across a range of operations.
Kenn Todorov, vice president and general manager, command and control & weapons integration, Northrop Grumman: “Raid Hunter addresses a critical short-range defense gap by delivering rapid, high-capacity protection against complex, mass aerial threats like cruise missiles and drone swarms. It provides warfighters with a cost-effective, flexible tool to decisively defeat evolving threats now and in the future—strengthening the security of vital bases and infrastructure.”
“War has evolved. Air Defenders need the ability to defend against large, complex raids designed to overwhelm traditional defense solutions. Raid Hunter addresses this critical need by delivering a cost-effective, deep magazine solution that can be rapidly delivered to the warfighter at scale. Scalable from inception, it defeats evolving threats now and in the future – strengthening the security of vital bases and infrastructure.”
