Defense Watch: Fielding M-SHORAD, Taiclet on Space Biz, UK Air Chief

摘要

M-SHORAD Fielding. The Army announced on April 23 has fielded the first Mobile Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) systems, delivering four systems to the 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment in Ansbach, Germany for further testing. The M-SHORAD system is a mission equipment package supplied by Leonard DRS that is integrated by General Dynamics on select Stryker vehicles and is designed to defend against unmanned aircraft systems, rotary-wing and fixed-wing threats, as well as cruise missiles. The Army said it is planning to field 144 systems to four battalions through the rest of the year. Future variants of M-SHORAD will also incorporate directed energy capabilities.