Coyote targeting hostile UAV long-range seeker high-performance upgrade

The Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) has awarded Raytheon Company a contract valued at USD 8,072,539 for a high-performance upgrade to the long-range seeker on the Coyote targeting hostile UAV system. This upgrade is part of a cost-plus-fixed-fee effort encompassing analysis, design, development, prototyping, integration, testing, and production of the Coyote Block 2 counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS), a rail-launched surface-to-air missile designed to identify and eliminate threat UAVs protecting against hostile attacks on critical infrastructure. The Coyote enhances the U.S. Army's Low, slow, small-unmanned aircraft Integrated Defeat System (LIDS), providing a proven kinetic effector against small drones in operational environments like CENTCOM.