U.S. Navy awards second CHAOS contract for cheap missiles

The U.S. Navy has awarded a second contract under the CHAOS (Cheap Hypersonic and Other Strike) programme aimed at developing affordable offensive missiles at scale. The programme seeks to produce missiles at significantly lower unit costs than current inventory weapons. A second contract award indicates the programme is advancing through competitive prototyping phases. CHAOS is part of the broader U.S. effort to address magazine depth and cost-exchange ratio challenges in high-intensity conflict.