Raytheon Scores $207 Million Deal to Combat Drone Threats
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a segment of Raytheon Technologies, has secured a $207 million contract with the U.S. Army for Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensors, also known as KuRFS, and Coyote® effectors. This agreement entails the provision of these systems to two U.S. Army divisions. Additional resources will be allocated to assist in ongoing Army flight evaluations and operational missions.
As part of the U.S. Army’s Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft Integrated Defeat System, referred to as LIDS, KuRFS delivers cutting-edge 360-degree threat detection, while the Coyote low-cost effectors are designed to neutralize drones.
“KuRFS and Coyote are acknowledged as essential capabilities for effective defense against the escalating UAS threat,” stated Tom Laliberty, president of Land Warfare & Air Defense at Raytheon Missiles & Defense. “In collaboration with the U.S. Army, we have advanced these technologies and formulated an integrated solution that can safeguard and defend assets, infrastructure, and personnel from the sophisticated challenges posed by adversary drones.”
Demonstrated as effective in various tests and showcases, the KuRFS precision targeting radar and the scaled Ku-720 mobile sensing radar provide continuous detection, identification, and tracking of aerial threats. The Coyote Block 2 kinetic and Block 3 non-kinetic effectors are capable of neutralizing individual drones as well as swarms of varying sizes and agility, operating at greater altitudes and longer ranges than comparable class effectors.
The U.S. Army’s LIDS amalgamates KuRFS and the Coyote series of effectors with Northrop Grumman’s Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control system, or FAADC2, along with Syracuse Research Corporation’s electronic warfare system. Collectively, these technologies form a multi-mission fixed, transportable, or mobile deployed system that offers a comprehensive extended-range defense solution.
