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Army

Army Selects Leonardo DRS To Deliver Interim SHORAD System

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, June 28th, 2018

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Army Selects Leonardo DRS To Deliver Interim SHORAD System

Leonardo DRS' IM-SHORAD system mounted on a Stryker

The Army said on Wednesday it has selected Leonardo DRS to lead the effort on delivering an interim short range air defense system (SHORAD) to be integrated on Stryker combat vehicles. Leonardo is tasked with providing mission equipment for an Initial Maneuver (IM) SHORAD system capable of defeating unmanned air systems (UAS), rotary-wing and fixed-wing threats with prototype deliveries expected in spring 2019.“We are very excited about the opportunity to work with the Army to deliver this critically important capability…

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