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Leidos has delivered the initial round of Enduring Shield launchers ordered under a U.S. Army contract. Produced by the company's Dynetics subsidiary, the launchers are ground-based, mobile systems designed to address threats associated with combat cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft to safeguard civilian and military infrastructure, Leidos announced from Huntsville, Alabama on Thursday.
“This will be a great thing for the Medium Range Intercept Capability program and for the USMC, if this occurs,” Don Kelley, the Marine Corps Program Executive Officer Land Systems Ground-Based Air Defense program manager, said of a US production facility.
Dynetics is now officially part of the race for the Army's Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 (IFPC) program. After rumors that it was one of the teams that are going to build a system for countering drone and cruise missile threats, next to Rafael and Raytheon Technologies, the company has now announced the bid for its Enduring Shield solution.