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Army

Leonardo DRS Readying For Next Phases Of Two Army Maneuver Air Defense Programs

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, March 16th, 2020

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Leonardo DRS Readying For Next Phases Of Two Army Maneuver Air Defense Programs

General Dynamics' Stryker IM-SHORAD. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

Leonardo DRS is readying to move forward on integration efforts for two major Army maneuver air defense programs later this summer, pending delays due the coronavirus, including a production award for the Interim Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) platform and a decision to deploy a new mounted counter-drone capability. Ed House, business development manager for Leonardo DRS’ land systems, told Defense Daily on Monday the first five initial IM-SHORAD prototypes have been delivered to the Army and have been live…

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