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Army Selects AEVEX’s Atlas, Anduril’s Altius 600 For Launched Effects-Short Range Fielding

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Army Selects AEVEX’s Atlas, Anduril’s Altius 600 For Launched Effects-Short Range Fielding
The 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, also known as the "Sykes' Regulars," employs the AEVEX Atlas 600 Launched Effects during a Launched Effects Special User Demonstration held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Photo: Matthew Ryan, Army PEO Aviation.

The Army has selected AEVEX Aerospace’s Atlas and Anduril Industries Altius 600 for its initial Launched Effects-Short Range (LE-SR) fielding, with plans to begin providing the capabilities soon to two units. Brig. Gen. David Phillips, program executive officer for Aviation, confirmed to Defense Daily the two systems were picked for procurement after both had participated in a recent special user demonstration “[They] were production-ready that we could then rapidly field,” Phillips said, in an interview following remarks at the Association…

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