Jane Edwards
Raytheon Technologies’ missiles and defense business and the U.S. Army demonstrated the capabilities of LIDS, a counter-unmanned aircraft system platform, during the service’s summer test period.
LIDS stands for Low, slow, small UAS Integrated Defeat System and is an Army-developed platform composed of Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensor or KuRFS and Coyote family of effectors from Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Syracuse Research-built electronic warfare system and Northrop Grumman’s Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control technology, Raytheon said Monday.
Raytheon incorporated insights from service personnel to improve LIDS, which detected and countered swarms of drones of various sizes and range during the test conducted with the Army’s Integrated Fires and Rapid Capabilities Office.
“The ability to rapidly integrate warfighter feedback and data-informed updates into these proven systems allows us to continually enhance this critical capability against real and emerging threats,” said Tom Laliberty, president of land warfare and air defense at Raytheon Missiles & Defense.
