US Army LIDS (Low, Slow, Small UAS Integrated Defeat System)

LIDS is the US Army's family of counter-drone systems that detect, track and defeat Group 1 to 3 drones, combining Raytheon's KuRFS radar and Coyote interceptors with Northrop Grumman's FAAD C2 command and control system and an electronic warfare system from SRC. It comes in fixed-site (FS-LIDS) and mobile (M-LIDS) versions; Leonardo DRS is lead integrator of M-LIDS, which the Army designated an ACAT III programme of record in March 2022. LIDS began operating in the US Central Command area in 2020, Raytheon received a USD 207 million contract in October 2022 to equip two Army divisions, and in December 2024 the Army sought industry input on a future M-LIDS on a single vehicle such as a Stryker. For fiscal 2025 the Army requested USD 82.5 million in procurement for mobile LIDS, USD 26.4 million for fixed-site LIDS and USD 116.3 million for Coyote interceptors.