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AV Wins Army’s Competition To Deliver Next-Gen C-UAS Missile

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025

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AV Wins Army’s Competition To Deliver Next-Gen C-UAS Missile

AV’s Freedom Eagle (FE-1) kinetic C-UAS missile launches during testing earlier this year at Yuma Proving Ground. Photo: AV

The Army has selected AeroVironment [AVAV] as the winner of its competition to deliver the Next-Generation Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) Missile (NGCM). AV had been competing with its Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1) missile against RTX [RTX] for the NGCM program, which aimed to rapidly develop and field a $200,000 or less unit cost C-UAS missile that is capable of defeating larger drones. "FE-1 strengthens our nation’s air defense arsenal by providing an urgently needed kinetic C-UAS solution–built to fill the gaps…

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