A weapons bonanza at first day of Army's D.C. conference
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The Tyr munition. Photo: Courtesy of Heaviside Industries
The annual Association of the U.S. Army conference is underway in Washington, and defense contractors are unveiling new weapons, countermeasures and milestones.
Why it matters: Companies save big announcements for big shows. This year is no exception.
Here's some of what stood out:
Heaviside Industries, which recently raised $60 million, rolled out Tyr, its first in a line of precision munitions.
- It works with four Nammo warheads, including anti-tank and anti-personnel variants, can fly for more than an hour and hits speeds greater than 150 mph.
Raytheon, part of RTX, discussed Coyote Block 2C+RM, which involves a rocket motor and other improvements for the widely used interceptor.
- "You get upgraded propulsion for faster launch and higher-velocity flight, and with the seeker-warhead it really gets after the more cutting-edge drone capabilities we're seeing from the adversary," Tom Laliberty, president of land and air defense systems, told reporters.
Chaos Industries, valued north of $4 billion, debuted Vespid, a line of cheap interceptors that work with its existing multistatic radar systems.
- The company said it can initially produce 12,000 and push those numbers much higher depending on demand.
Anduril Industries uncloaked Steelfin, a reconfigurable, two-stage surface-to-air missile the neo-prime said is compatible with Patriot launchers, the Mk 41 Vertical Launch System and the Typhon mid-range capability.
- "The intent is to build most of the subassemblies and content at Arsenal-1, and then do the final integration with a handful of our partners," Steve Milano, Anduril's senior director of missiles, told reporters.
Leonardo DRS announced initial production of the C-Band Extended Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar.
- The cxMHR, as it's abbreviated, is designed to detect, identify and track multiple ballistic and cruise missiles, rockets and drones at the same time. It can be deployed on a single vehicle.
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