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Coyote Block 2 (RTX Corp. image)

Army awards big contract for Coyote interceptors amid growing demand for counter-drone weapons

Army leaders want more tools to protect soldiers from adversaries’ unmanned aerial systems, which have become a growing threat on modern battlefields

Sep 27, 2024 By Jon Harper

KuRFS and Coyote provide the detect and defeat components of the U.S. Army’s counter-UAS solution, called LIDS: the Low, slow, small, unmanned aircraft Integrated Defeat System. (RTX image)

Army buys 600 additional Coyote counter-drone weapons amid attacks on US troops

The Coyote is a ground-launched, radar-guided interceptor.

Feb 9, 2024 By Jon Harper

Coyote unmanned aerial system (Raytheon image)

Raytheon awarded $147M Navy contract for modified Coyote drone

The award will support the Navy’s Future Advanced Strike (FAST) effort, according to a Defense Department announcement.

May 26, 2023 By Jon Harper