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GD Nabs $621 Million Order For SGT Stout Stryker-Mounted SHORAD Platforms

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, June 23rd, 2025

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GD Nabs $621 Million Order For SGT Stout Stryker-Mounted SHORAD Platforms

The Army's newly named SGT Stout Stryker-mounted SHORAD system. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army on Monday awarded General Dynamics Land Systems [GD] a $621 million order for Stryker-mounted short-range air defense platforms. Work on the new deal for the Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (M- SHORAD) Inc. 1 platforms, formally known as the SGT Stout, is expected to be completed by the end of September 2028. GD Land Systems’ the Stryker-mounted “SGT Stout” platform is designed to take down unmanned aircraft systems, rotary-wing and fixed-wing threats, as well as cruise missiles. Leonardo DRS…

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