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Army Taps Three Vendors For Short Range Launched Effects Special User Demo

Army Taps Three Vendors For Short Range Launched Effects Special User Demo
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 selected three vendors to participate in a special user demonstration for its short range Launched Effects effort, an official confirmed Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Cain Baker, director of the Army’s Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team, said the vendors will provide air vehicles and payloads for the prototyping effort, which is expected to inform the Army’s roadmap for eventually procuring and fielding such capabilities. An Army spokesperson told Defense Daily it could not disclose the vendors selected to…

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