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BAE Systems Details Successful Live Fire Demo With AMPV C-UAS Prototype

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, December 1st, 2023

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BAE Systems Details Successful Live Fire Demo With AMPV C-UAS Prototype

BAE Systems' AMPV C-UAS at a live fire demo at Big Sandy Range in Kingman, Arizona on November 15, 2023. Photo: BAE Systems.

BAE Systems recently conducted a successful live fire demonstration with the counter-drone prototype version of its Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV), and is now set to deliver an AMPV outfitted with a turreted mortar payload to the Army in January for a future demonstration. Bill Sheehy, BAE Systems’ AMPV program director, told Defense Daily the recent demonstration with the counter-UAS AMPV prototype provided an opportunity to showcase a rapidly integrated payload capability on an AMPV using the company’s newly developed External…

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