US Army details acquisition plans for Coyote C-UAS capability
Published on December 28, 2023
The US Army is increasing the number of Coyote loitering munition interceptors as part of the Mobile-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft Integrated Defeat System (M-LIDS), according to a new contracting notice.
The army plans put Raytheon on contract to build 6,000 Coyote kinetic interceptors by 2029, according to the request for information (RFI) released on 18 December. The Coyote Block 2 counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UASs) have been taking out group 3 UASs in the Central Command area of responsibility (AOR) for some time, Major General Sean Gainey, director of the Joint C-UAS Office (JCO), said in August 2023 during the annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium.