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Army

Northrop Grumman Looking To Offer Laser Weapon Capability For Army’s Future Short-Range Air Defense

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, October 22nd, 2018

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Northrop Grumman Looking To Offer Laser Weapon Capability For Army’s Future Short-Range Air Defense

Northrop Grumman's FAAD C2

Northrop Grumman [NOC] is looking to offer a weapons platform that would include a directed energy laser capability for the Army’s future maneuver short-range air defense (SHORAD) system, as the service readies a potential proposal request by the beginning of 2022, company officials told Defense Daily on Monday.The company is currently set to deliver the command and control (C2) capability for the Army’s interim maneuver (IM) SHORAD, planned to field in 2022, and said it is interested in providing a…

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