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Army

Army Offers Extensive Details On Near-Term Pursuit Of Launched Effects

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, March 27th, 2024

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Army Offers Extensive Details On Near-Term Pursuit Of Launched Effects

DAGOR vehicle launches an Air Launched Effect-Small drone at Army's EDGE21 demonstration at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. Photo: Army's Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --The Army has offered extensive details on its pursuit of new Launched Effects (LE), with the service planning rapid prototyping and forthcoming production efforts for short, medium and long-range capabilities. Army officials on Tuesday noted an operational demonstration is planned later this year for LE Medium Range after extensive prototyping with several vendors, while the service will select up to two vendors for LE Short Range prototyping this fall and is in the planning stages to initiate LE…

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