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"Unfortunately, DoD hasn't bought a Stinger in about 18 years. Some of components are no longer commercially available, and so we're going to have to go out and redesign some of the electronics in the missile of the seeker head," Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes said.
“There are some very specific issues with regard to Stinger and some obsolescence issues that we have to overcome,” Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said Tuesday. “That's because we in the US, we're focusing ourselves forward on new capability."
Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, also called Congressional funding reductions on the Army's IVAS "frankly just good oversight."