Large -scale purchase against drones: US Army is equipped with Coyote 2C (video) interceptors

To combat UAVs in the Middle East, the US Army will buy 600 such systems. And the cost of the contract was $ 75 million. The US Army has decided to buy 600 units of Coyote 2C drones with radar guidance. And over the next five years, the US military wants to receive and deploy thousands of Coyote and hundreds of related launchers and radars. This was reported on February 12 by Defense News.

"The US Army requires the development, production and service of counteraction to armed enemy and UAVs, which collect intelligence and operate at different speeds and altitudes and are aimed at the interests of the US and their allies in the country and abroad," the government message reads. The contract amount is $ 75 million. This type of weapons is planned to be used to reflect the attacks of Yemeni rebels on US warships in the Red Sea, as well as to American bases in the Middle East.

The Coyote 2C system consists of: the platform uses the M-ATV or Stryker machine, which provides the ability to identify and damage UAV. According to the Defense Express observers, the Coyote 2C system can be called "Simplified SPRs", with a range of air targets up to 15 km. The accurate characteristics of the interceptor are unknown, but it is reported that the rocket flies at a permutant speed.