The US Army has awarded a $150M contract to iRocket, a rocket technology startup, to mass-produce guided rockets as a response to the growing threat of low-cost drone attacks. The contract aims to provide a more affordable solution to air defense, leveraging laser-guided technology. This move highlights the US military's efforts to address the vulnerabilities in its air defense arsenal.
As U.S. forces confront a growing wave of low-cost drone attacks that have exposed a fundamental flaw in how America stocks and prices its air defense arsenal, the Army has tapped a rocket technology startup to scale a more affordable answer: a laser-guided version of one of the most proven rockets in the American inventory. […]]]>