Jane Edwards
Leonardo DRS has been tapped to supply a mission equipment package for the U.S. Army’s Initial Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense platform.
The company said Thursday its mission equipment system will be installed on the Stryker A1 vehicle to provide brigade combat units with a capability to detect, track and counter threats associated with fixed- wing, rotary-wing and unmanned aircraft systems.
Leonardo DRS’ land systems business developed the system that includes Raytheon-built Stinger missiles, Rada-made Multi-mission Hemispheric Radar and Moog’s remote turret – Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform – that works to support multiple weapon configurations.
The IM-SHORAD program seeks to provide tactical commands with a ground-to-air and ground-to-ground capability to operate in a multi-domain battlefield.
Leonardo DRS said it will now move to negotiations and expects the prototype contract to be awarded in August.
The service expects IM-SHORAD prototypes to be delivered by 2019.
