Army Stinger missile replacement competition heads into flight tests

Army Stinger missile replacement competition heads into flight tests

RTX and Lockheed Martin are heading into flight tests this year in a head-to-head competition to develop a replacement for the U.S. Army’s Stinger missile.The Army is pursuing a Stinger missile replacement for short-range air defense that can go faster, survive jamming and more easily hit tougher targets like drones.The service awarded RTX and Lockheed Martin with contracts to competitively develop the Stinger replacement in September 2023. The …

Army’s Marks Major Milestones in the NGSRI Program

The United States Army is on the verge of a significant upgrade to its short-range air defense capabilities. Raytheon, a business unit of RTX, has announced the successful completion of ten critical subsystem demonstrations for the Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor (NGSRI) program. This program is poised to replace the venerable Stinger surface-to-air missile, a mainstay of air defense for decades, with a more advanced and capable system d…

Raytheon completes NGSRI subsystem tests

Raytheon completed a series of 10 subsystem tests for the Army's Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor, which will eventually replace the Stinger missile. The Army selected Raytheon and Lockheed Martin to develop competing prototypes for the NGSRI program in 2023. The new missile is to have improved target acquisition, range and lethality compared with the Stinger. During Raytheon’s subsystem demonstrations, the seeker “demonstrated maximum ra…

Raytheon conducts NGSRI subsystem demos for US Army

Raytheon revealed successful completion of a series of ten subsystem demonstrations of its NGSRI solution for the US Army.

RTX: Raytheon completes subsystem demonstrations for U.S. Army’s Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor

“These successful subsystem demonstrations are a crucial step in meeting the U.S. Army’s range and performance requirements for this transformational short-range air defense capability,” said Tom Laliberty, president of Land & Air Defense Systems at Raytheon. “We are confident in our ability to rapidly deliver the Army an affordable, low-risk, highly producible NGSRI solution.”     Over the past several months, the Raytheon industry team complet…