
The Army has awarded Leidos’ [LDOS] Dynetics a $237.4 million deal to build prototypes for its program to field a new ground-based mobile system capable of defeating cruise missile and drone threats. Dynetics’ Enduring Shield platform has beaten out a team of Israel’s Rafael and Raytheon Technologies [RTX], which offered a version of the Iron Dome system, for the enduring Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) Increment 2 contract, after both competitors participated in a live-fire “shoot-off” event earlier this year.…