Army awards $75 million contract for drone interceptors amid uptick in unmanned attacks

February 12, 2024

Stars and Stripes

A $75 million contract has been awarded to defense firm RTX Corp. to produce 600 Coyote Block 2C interceptors used to attack enemy drones, according to an Army news release Friday. The announcement follows a series of drone attacks launched from sites in Yemen against Red Sea commercial shipping and a fatal attack on a U.S. base in Jordan that killed three Army Reservists on Jan. 28.

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