Thursday, September 16, 2021

Defense News: Dozens more radars from Israel's Rada to be installed on US Army M-SHORAD vehicles

 

Dozens more radars from Israel's Rada to be installed on US Army M-SHORAD vehicles



Defense contractor Leonardo will supply dozens of mission equipment packages, including radars made by the Israeli company, for Maneuver Short Range Air Defense systems under a deal worth $204 million


By Eyal Boguslavsky, Defense News, 15/09/2021

The M-SHORAD. Photo from the Rada website, note 2 RADA Multi-mission Hemispheric Radars (MHR ) are shown,
 one mid-vehicle near commander & one rear mounted ( likewise 2 others are on the other sider of the vehicle )

American company Leonardo DRS announced last week that it has been awarded a $204 million contract by General Dynamics to provide additional mission equipment packages (MEPs) for the U.S. Army's new armored vehicle for short-range air defense, called M-SHORAD. The MEPs include Multi-mission Hemispheric Radar made by Rada USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Israel's Rada.  

Under the contract, the company is to provide 59 additional MEPs for the Maneuver Short Range Air Defense program. This order follows the first order for 28 MEPs that is scheduled to be delivered early next year. According to Leonardo DRS, these production contract awards follow a very rapid prototyping effort that came after intensive government testing and the fielding of four M-SHORAD systems in Germany. 

Incredible New Stryker A1 IM-SHORAD. U.S Army New Air Defense Vehicle from General Dynamics



Besides Rada's radar system, the M-SHORAD MEP includes American company Moog's Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform turret with multiple kinetic effectors including the XM914E1 30mm cannon, M240 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, Stinger and Longbow Hellfire missiles, and several other technologies. The M-SHORAD is based on the 8x8 Stryker wheeled armored vehicle.

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