US Army officials envision a future where soldiers inside armoured formations do not depend on large, vulnerable command posts to effectively communicate. To get there, they are on a quest to find the right mix of line-of-sight and satellite.
The US Army will begin testing Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) prototypes at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona over the coming weeks in anticipation of a year-long operational test set for fiscal year (FY) 2024. Brigadier General John Ra.
Final assembly under way of four US Army ERCA platforms janes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from janes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Final assembly under way of four US Army ERCA platforms janes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from janes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
US Army fields first IM-SHORAD to Germany
26 April 2021
by Ashley Roque
The US Army has begun fielding the new Initial Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) system and the first weapon is now in Ansbach, Germany with the 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment.
Based around the Stryker A1 vehicle, the service announced the weapon fielding on 23 April and said it is part of a larger plan to field 144 systems to four battalions beginning this year.
IM-SHORAD is designed to down aerial threats such as unmanned aircraft systems, as well as rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft. In its current configuration, the vehicle includes Leonardo DRS’s mission equipment package with Moog’s Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform (RIwP) turret. The RIwP for this weapon includes a modified M299 launcher for two Longbow Hellfire missiles, a Raytheon Stinger Vehicle Universal Launcher (SVUL) to hold four surface-to-air missiles, Northrop Grumman’s XM914 30 mm Bushmaster Ch