The U.S. Army has awarded RTX subsidiary Raytheon an eight‑year, $5.04 billion cost‑plus‑fixed‑fee contract to supply Coyote missile systems, including fixed and mobile launchers, kinetic and non‑kinetic interceptors, and Ku‑band radios. The award accelerates fielding of the Coyote counter‑small UAS capability across Army units.
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The $5.04B, eight‑year cost‑plus award materially scales U.S. counter‑sUAS production and sustainment, accelerating deliveries of fixed/mobile launchers and both kinetic and non‑kinetic interceptors under the Army’s procurement timeline; it is a significant production win for RTX.
The contract supports the Pentagon’s move to centralize and speed counter‑drone capability delivery under an Army‑led effort to fast‑track counter‑sUAS capabilities (see the Army‑led task force to fast‑track counter‑drone capabilities: https://hype.aero/?story=cc8f9138-9453-4896-86a1-aed0baec1d74) and follows demonstrations of mobile counter‑UAS options such as the AH‑64E Apache test that destroyed small UAS (https://hype.aero/?story=c5bbd685-fe90-4bd0-8f72-b55f28cc3211).
The award sits alongside other large missile and sensor buys — including Raytheon’s LTAMDS LRIP and multibillion‑dollar interceptor contracts — indicating sustained procurement demand and production pressure across the missile and counter‑UAS industrial base (LTAMDS LRIP: https://hype.aero/?story=de551ec1-99c8-4f0a-a67b-f8b60543ce7a; large interceptor buys: https://hype.aero/?story=500fae5e-1704-4c14-a289-7d134e949103).
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