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Leonardo DRS Receives First Order To Supply Mission Equipment Packages For IM-SHORAD

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, January 21st, 2021

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Leonardo DRS Receives First Order To Supply Mission Equipment Packages For IM-SHORAD

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

Leonardo DRS said Thursday it has received its first order under a five-year, $600 million deal to supply the mission equipment packages that General Dynamics [GD] will integrate on Stryker vehicles for the Army’s Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) program, with deliveries to begin in 2022. The order is worth over $97 million and will cover mission equipment packages for the initial 28 IM-SHORAD systems the Army has ordered from GD, Leonardo DRS spokesman Mike Mount told Defense Daily.…

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