Rundunar Sojin Ruwa ta Amurka ta bai wa kamfanin Zone 5 Technologies, wani kamfani na Kongsberg, kwantiragin kera makami mai linzami mai sauƙin tsada mai suna Rusty Dagger, wanda aka riga aka gwada shi a fagen daga. Za a yi amfani da makamin ne a cikin sabon shirin Coalition Heterogeneous Affordable Offensive Strike (CHAOS) na rundunar.
An sanar da kwantiragin ne a ranar 21 ga Agusta, kuma shi ne kwantiragi na biyu da aka bayar karkashin shirin CHAOS, wanda ke da nufin samar da makamai masu linzami da ake harbawa daga doron ƙasa zuwa ga sojojin Amurka da ƙawayenta.
Manajan shirin PMX-201, Kyaftin Sarah Abbott, ta ce yayin da ƙasashen da ke adawa da Amurka ke ƙara amfani da ingantattun tsarin hana shiga yankuna, sojojin ƙawance na fuskantar ƙalubale wajen samun makamai masu inganci, na zamani kuma masu sauƙin tsada da za su iya kai hari kan jiragen ruwa.
Ta bayyana cewa shirin CHAOS zai taimaka wajen cike wannan gibi ta hanyar samar da tsarin kai hari kan jiragen ruwa wanda yake da ƙarfi, mai sauƙin daidaitawa kuma za a iya fitar da shi zuwa ƙasashen ƙawancen Amurka, tare da rage matsalolin tsofaffin makamai da matsalolin samar da kayayyaki.
Kafin wannan kwantiragin, an bai wa kamfanin CoAspire kwantiragi domin samar da makamin RAACM-ER, wanda shi ma makami ne mai linzami da ake harbawa daga doron ƙasa. Sai dai sabon kwantiragin da aka bai wa Zone 5 na ƙara ƙarfafa damar Amurka wajen amfani da makamai masu linzami da aka riga aka gwada a fagen daga, musamman a yankin Pacific.
Ba kamar RAACM-ER ba, Rusty Dagger ya riga ya samu gwaje-gwajen amfani a cikin yanayin yaƙi mai tsananin rikici. Rahotanni sun nuna cewa makaman Rusty Dagger da aka yi amfani da su a Ukraine sun kai hari kan wasu wurare da matuƙar daidaito, yayin da suka kuma nuna babban ƙarfin tsira daga hare-haren makamai masu linzami masu kariya daga sama.
Saboda wannan gogewa ta fagen daga, Rusty Dagger yana da ci gaba a gwaje-gwaje da haɓaka fiye da wasu masu fafatawa kamar CoAspire da Anduril, waɗanda ke samar da RAACM-ER da Barracuda-M bi da bi.
