{"id":1465410,"date":"2026-06-03T11:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/navy-hellfire-carrier-strike-group-counter-drone\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:36:59","slug":"navy-hellfire-carrier-strike-group-counter-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/navy-hellfire-carrier-strike-group-counter-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy Arms Carriers with Hellfire Missiles Against Drone Swarms"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n\r\nThe U.S. Navy has quietly embarked on one of its most urgent fleet-wide upgrades in decades. Radar-guided AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missiles and Coyote interceptor drones are being rushed to carrier strike groups centered on the USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Theodore Roosevelt. The reason is brutally simple: the drone threat has outpaced the fleet&#8217;s ability to shoot back cheaply and effectively.\r\n\r\nSupplemental funding disclosed in the Navy&#8217;s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request confirms the procurement of Longbow Hellfire launchers, Coyote launchers, and the installation work needed to bolt them onto Arleigh Burke class destroyers. Four destroyers in the Ford strike group are already outfitted. Four more in the Roosevelt group are receiving the systems now.\r\n\r\nThe move marks a dramatic acknowledgment that the Navy&#8217;s existing air defense architecture, designed around multi-million-dollar Standard Missiles, is economically unsustainable against waves of expendable drones.\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4f8;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:20px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#333\">Quick Facts<\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;color:#444\">\r\n<li>AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire uses millimeter-wave radar for fire-and-forget guidance against aerial drones<\/li>\r\n<li>Coyote is a tube-launched interceptor drone that tracks and destroys enemy UAS at close range<\/li>\r\n<li>Ford and Roosevelt carrier strike groups are first to receive the systems; Eisenhower, Vinson, and Reagan groups are next<\/li>\r\n<li>New eight-cell Coyote launchers replaced earlier four-cell versions on USS Carl M. Levin and three other destroyers<\/li>\r\n<li>The Navy also tested the LOCUST laser counter-drone system aboard USS George H.W. Bush in October 2025<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Why the Navy Needs a Cheaper Kill Chain<\/h2>\r\n\r\nRed Sea combat operations in 2024 and the broader confrontation with Iran exposed a painful reality. Navy destroyers were expending SM-2 and SM-6 missiles costing between $2 million and $5 million each to destroy Houthi drones and missiles that cost a fraction of that. The math was unsustainable, and the fleet&#8217;s vertical launch cells were being emptied faster than the supply chain could refill them.\r\n\r\nThe Longbow Hellfire, originally designed as a helicopter-launched anti-tank weapon, solves part of the equation. Its millimeter-wave active radar seeker locks onto targets autonomously after launch, meaning no guidance is needed from the ship. Each missile costs roughly $150,000, a fraction of a Standard Missile. The Coyote interceptor, even cheaper, is essentially a kamikaze drone that hunts other drones.\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=41183255  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/coyote-launcher-arleigh-burke-destroyer-counter-drone.jpg\" alt=\"Coyote interceptor launcher installed on USS Carl M. Levin destroyer\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A new eight-cell Coyote counter-drone launcher installed on the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Carl M. Levin. USN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Containerized Firepower on the Fly<\/h2>\r\n\r\nOne of the most significant aspects of this upgrade is its non-permanent nature. The Hellfire and Coyote launchers are containerized, meaning they can be bolted onto a destroyer before a deployment and removed afterward. This allows the Navy to shuffle limited counter-drone assets between strike groups depending on the threat environment.\r\n\r\nLockheed Martin unveiled its Grizzly containerized Hellfire launcher in March 2026, a system specifically designed for rapid deployment. The company has also been developing ship-based launchers for the newer AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), a more capable derivative of the Hellfire with extended range. A model of an Arleigh Burke destroyer fitted with six four-cell JAGM Quad Launchers was displayed at Sea Air Space 2026.\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=947526414  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/arleigh-burke-destroyer-hellfire-jql-launcher-model.jpg\" alt=\"Lockheed Martin Arleigh Burke destroyer model with JAGM Quad Launchers at Sea Air Space 2026\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A Lockheed Martin model of an Arleigh Burke destroyer fitted with JAGM Quad Launchers, shown at Sea Air Space 2026. Jamie Hunter \/ TWZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Layered Defense: From Missiles to Lasers<\/h2>\r\n\r\nThe Hellfire and Coyote systems are just one layer of the Navy&#8217;s emerging counter-drone architecture. Anduril&#8217;s Roadrunner-M, a reusable interceptor that launches vertically and can return to base if it doesn&#8217;t find a target, is being developed for shipboard use under the Counter-NEXT program. Zone 5 Technologies&#8217; White Spike interceptor is also in the pipeline.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, the Navy tested the AeroVironment LOCUST laser counter-drone system aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in October 2025. Directed energy weapons offer the tantalizing prospect of infinite magazines, limited only by electrical power, but their effectiveness against fast-moving swarms at extended ranges remains unproven in combat conditions.\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A Fleet-Wide Shift in Thinking<\/h2>\r\n\r\nThe broader significance of this program extends well beyond the Ford and Roosevelt strike groups. The Navy has confirmed plans to install counter-drone containerized launchers on ships in the Eisenhower, Vinson, and Reagan carrier strike groups as well. What began as an emergency stopgap after the Red Sea experience is becoming doctrine.\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1O90WZJALYc\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\nThe age of the cheap, expendable attack drone has permanently altered naval warfare. A billion-dollar destroyer can now be threatened by a swarm of drones costing less than a luxury car. The Longbow Hellfire and Coyote give the Navy its first real answer, but the race between drone offense and ship defense is only accelerating.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#666;font-size:14px;margin-top:32px\">Sources: The War Zone, Naval News, Navy FY2027 Budget Documents, National Interest, Army Recognition<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Navy has quietly embarked on one of its most urgent fleet-wide upgrades in decades. Radar-guided AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missiles and Coyote interceptor drones are being rushed to carrier strike groups centered on the USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Theodore Roosevelt. 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