Today’s indispensable tool for the Army and Marines is radar for C-UAS and C-RAM
Leonardo DRS’ radars are the system-of-choice for the Army’s Mobile Short-Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) and USMC’s Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS).
Threatened by drones that can work collaboratively and without GPS or a command link, it's important to have radars that can detect hundreds of incoming tracks so they can be defeated.
Leonardo DRS head William Lynn tells Breaking Defense that more M&A activity could be coming.
Last month, the Army committed to buying an initial brigade's-worth of the Iron Fist Active Protection System for the M2 Bradley. Meanwhile, with Tuesday morning's announcement, the US is spending over $200 million to install the rival Trophy APS on not only Army but Marine Corps M1 Abrams tanks.
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.