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Dynetics Details Enduring Shield Offering For Army’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, June 4th, 2021

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Dynetics Details Enduring Shield Offering For Army’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability

Artist's rendering of Dynetics' Enduring Shield. Photo: Dynetics.

Dynetics has detailed its proposal for the Army’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) program, offering the new Enduring Shield system based on its work with the previous Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) development effort. Ronnie Chronister, Dynetics’ vice president for weapons technology and manufacturing, confirmed to reporters that the company submitted a bid ahead of the deadline last Friday and also participated in the Army’s recent IFPC live-fire “shoot-off” event. The “shoot-off” also featured at least one other competitor in a team…

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