U.S. Navy Destroyer Tests Gun-Based Hypervelocity Projectiles in Support of Counter-UAS Development

Naval News – In August 2024, during the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) Composite Training Unit Exercise, the USS Jason Dunham (DDG 107) tested BAE Systems’ Hypervelocity Projectiles (HVP) as part of a fleet trial of Counter-UAS systems. The series of tests were the first of two major campaigns to aid the U.S. Navy in determining its future courses of action regarding low-cost air and missile defense.