Raytheon Applied sciences (NYSE: RTX) was awarded a $237 million U.S. Military contract for Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensors (KuRFS) and Coyote® effectors to detect and defeat unmanned plane.
The contract features a mixture of fixed-site and cell methods in addition to a amount of effectors, designated to help the Military’s U.S Central Command operations.
As a part of the U.S. Military’s Low, gradual, small-unmanned plane Built-in Defeat System, known as LIDS, KuRFS supplies superior 360-degree menace detection, whereas Coyote low-cost effectors defeat drones.
“The KuRFS radar and Coyote effectors successfully detect and defeat unmanned plane methods, an more and more evident and world menace,” stated Tom Laliberty president of Land Warfare & Air Protection at Raytheon Missiles & Protection. “LIDS is operationally deployed, offering a confirmed, dependable, and important layer of protection towards enemy drones.”
KuRFS precision concentrating on radar and the scaled Ku720 cell sensing radar ship persistent detection, identification and monitoring of airborne threats. The Coyote Block 2 defeats single drones and swarms various in measurement and maneuverability, and at greater altitudes and longer ranges than comparable class methods.
The U.S. Military’s LIDS integrates KuRFS and the Coyote household of effectors with Northrop Grumman’s Ahead Space Air Protection Command and Management system, or FAADC2, and Syracuse Analysis Company’s digital warfare system. Collectively, these methods create a multi-mission fastened, relocatable, or cell deployed system that gives a whole extended-range protection answer.
