Northrop Grumman’s Raid Hunter™ 50mm Projectile Flight Test Advances Gun-Based Air Defense Capability
Test validates projectile performance and generates critical flight data for the company’s gun-based air defense system
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Northrop Grumman completed a Raid Hunter™ 50mm projectile flight test, generating data to advance short-range air defense development
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A new 50mm projectile was successfully fired from an XM913 Chain Gun® during aeroballistic testing, validating its performance and providing critical data for continued development
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The test advances a guided, proximity-fuzed 50mm round designed to help warfighters defeat mass raids of cruise missiles, drones and advanced aerial threats more affordably
DAHLGREN, Va., Sep 16, 2026. Northrop Grumman recently completed an aeroballistic test for a new 50mm projectile for Raid Hunter™, its Gun-Based Air Defense (GBAD) system, validating projectile performance and generating critical flight data to advance its development.
Fired from an XM913 Chain Gun®, the test rounds generated high-fidelity data for nearly every shot, confirming pre-test predictions and performance expectations.
The results advance Northrop Grumman’s development of a new guided, proximity-fuzed 50mm round for Raid Hunter. Designed to help address the growing challenge of defeating large numbers of aerial threats, Raid Hunter provides a scalable and cost-effective short-range solution designed to defeat mass mixed raids and help close gaps in short-range defense capability.
