The Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) has conducted the first demonstration firing of a naval strike missile (NSM) from a U.S. Navy destroyer.
US NavyWorking under a compressed timeline, NSWC PHD and its partners installed the first Over-the-Horizon (OTH) Weapon System on a destroyer, USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), in time for it to launch an NSM during RIMPAC.
Other major players in the effort included Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) 3H...