Thursday 28 March 2019

Raytheon Presses Hard For More Army Biz: NGCV, DeepStrike, Coyote « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary



Raytheon Presses Hard For More Army Biz: NGCV, DeepStrike, Coyote « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary: The growing threat from potential near-peer adversaries, such as Russia and China, has propelled the Army into an all-out drive to rapidly modernize with an array of weapons ranging from technologically enhanced ground combat vehicles to long-range precision-guided missiles.

The Army showed its commitment to that quest in its recently released fiscal 2020 budget that allocated billions of dollars, cut from older programs, to fund its modernization priorities. That should be good news for Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS), which has moved to closely align its programs to meet the Army’s requirements, including two of its top six priorities.

RMS is prepared to enter the Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program with a replacement for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and is testing an answer to the high-priority search for an extended-range, precision-fire system. It also is offering upgraded versions of its proven anti-tank weapons, its FLIR low-light sighting system and is ready to move into production of a counter UAS (CUAS) weapon, a senior Raytheon official said.............click above link for entire article



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