CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE (CPS)

Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) is a joint effort between the Navy and Army to develop a hypersonic conventional offensive strike capability. The program aims to enhance U.S. conventional power projection through longer range, shorter time of flight, and higher survivability against enemy defenses compared to current capabilities. The specific goals include designing and developing the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) and 34.5 Booster, integrating the C-HGB with the booster to create a common All Up Round (AUR), and conducting testing and experimentation across various components and subsystems. The program also focuses on expanding industrial base capacity, executing schedule management, risk management, safety management, software engineering, program protection, cybersecurity, and quality assurance in support of program milestones.

The Navy CPS Program is focused on designing, developing, and producing the missile booster while integrating it with the C-HGB. The program aims to achieve a weapon system capability that is non-ballistic over the majority of the flight path, provides positive control and precision accuracy from launch to impact, offers prompt lethal effects on targets, and is man-safe and deployable for surface and submerged platforms. Additionally, the program supports modernization initiatives for hypersonic technologies and enables a more lethal force by providing rapid delivery of capability through multiple acquisition increments and configurations. The CPS program plan also includes a Technology Insertion (TI) strategy with pre-planned insertion points to enable regular upgrades and mature advanced technologies to support capability improvements into the Navy and Army systems.