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Army Seeking Stryker-Mounted Air Defense System

Friday, December 8th, 2017

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Army Seeking Stryker-Mounted Air Defense System

Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle Photo: U.S. Army

The Army is seeking proposals for short-range air defense (SHORAD) capabilities aboard a Stryker wheeled fighting vehicle to protect units from enemy aircraft, especially the proliferating threat of unmanned aerial systems (UAS).A request for information (RFI) released Dec. 7 outlines the Army’s need to “defend maneuver formations and other tactical echelons from low-altitude air attack and surveillance.” The system should be able to protect against threats that include all sizes of low-altitude UAS, rotary wing and fixed wing aircraft.“Adaptive threats…

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