The Army is officially adding missile-hauling Strykers to its arsenal
Jared Keller
Oct 5, 2020 4:00 AM EDT
After years in the making, the Army is officially ordering a new batch of missile-hauling Stryker infantry combat vehicles to deploy to Europe.
General Dynamics Land Systems announced on Friday that the Army had awarded the defense contractor a $1.2 billion contract award to produce, test, and deliver Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) systems to the service.
The initial order calls for 28 Stryker IM-SHORAD Strykers worth roughly $230 million. The Army plans on eventually spreading 144 systems across four battalions by as soon as fiscal year 2023, Army Futures Command officials announced in May.
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