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GD Marries Stryker And Avenger For Mobile Short-Range Air Defense

Monday, August 14th, 2017

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The Army could find the answer to its lack of mobile short-range air defense (SHORAD) in a couple of existing platforms that General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems, with the help of Boeing [BA], have mashed together into a new vehicle.By cutting the back off of a Stryker Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV) variant and mounting a Boeing-made TWQ-1 Avenger air defense system missile launcher on the back, GD created what it calls the Stryker Mobile SHORAD Launcher. Boeing supplied an interface system that allows the…

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