Northrop Grumman has given a name to the 50mm gun-based air defence system it has been developing to shoot down cruise missiles and drone swarms, calling it Raid Hunter, and says testing through the rest of this year will support accelerated fielding. Kenn Todorov, vice president and general manager for command and control and weapons integration, said: “Raid Hunter addresses a critical short-range defense gap by delivering rapid, high-capacity protection against complex, mass aerial threats like cruise missiles and drone swarms. Raid Hunter sits within what the company calls Raid Defense Solutions, its portfolio of layered kinetic counter-drone and air defence products, which combines fielded programmes with command and control software and sensor fusion.