Raytheon, an RTX business, has secured $729 million in contracts to supply components of the U.S. Army’s Low, slow, small, unmanned aircraft Integrated Defeat System (LIDS) to the United States, Qatar and Jordan. The agreements cover the company’s Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensor (KuRFS) and Coyote effector in fixed-site and mobile configurations, representing the first international sales of both systems.
KuRFS provides 360-degree detection of low, slow and small unmanned aircraft, while Coyote effectors are designed to defeat individual drones and swarms through kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities. The systems form key elements of LIDS, an integrated counter-unmanned-aircraft architecture deployed by the U.S. Army.
Raytheon has reported hundreds of combat intercepts by Coyote systems and is expanding production of the effector family as drone threats evolve. The contracts combine sensing and engagement capabilities rather than covering interceptor procurement alone, and extend the systems’ customer base beyond the U.S. Army to two Middle Eastern operators.
The announcement did not disclose quantities, delivery schedules, individual allocations among the three customers or the locations where the systems will be deployed.