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Army Awards $1.2 Billion IM-SHORAD Contract To General Dynamics

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

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Army Awards $1.2 Billion IM-SHORAD Contract To General Dynamics

General Dynamics' Stryker IM-SHORAD. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

The Army has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems [GD] a $1.2 billion contract for production of Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) systems, the Pentagon said Wednesday. IM-SHORAD is the Army’s program to field a new mobile platform on its Stryker vehicles capable of taking down unmanned aircraft systems, rotary-wing and fixed-wing threats, as well as cruise missiles. GD was selected as the platform integrator for IM-SHORAD with a prototype deal in 2018, while Leonardo DRS is supplying the mission…

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