U.S. Army advances new launched-effects systems for longer-range surveillance and strike missions ahead of 2027 fielding

U.S. Army advances new launched-effects systems for longer-range surveillance and strike missions ahead of 2027 fielding

The Army demonstrated the concept at Fort Irwin by linking air-launched reconnaissance systems with a lethal Long-Range Precision Munition, or LRPM. Two Active/Passive Infrared Launched Effects detected, identified, located and reported a threat before a third lethal system carried out the terminal strike. The test was designed to show how Army Aviation could find and engage targets from outside an adversary’s air-defense threat ring. The broade…

Seeing Further, Striking Deeper: Unpacking the Army’s Launched Effects Portfolio

Above the high-desert sands of Fort Irwin during Project Convergence-Capstone 6 (PC-C6), Army Aviation demonstrated decisive air-launched capabilities in contested airspace. The U.S. Army proved it was actively delivering integrated sensor-to-shooter lethality to the tactical edge by pairing two Active/Passive Infrared launch effects (LEs) — which successfully executed the mission to detect, identify, locate, and report (DILR) the threat — with …