The US Department of Defense signed a contract with the American company L3Harris Technologies for production
What is known
This is stated in a press release from L3HarrisTechnologies. The contract amount is $40,000,000. We are talking about 14 systems that will be installed on vehicles. The vehicles will be provided by the US Department of Defense. The manufacturer plans to deliver the first four VAMPIRE systems to the APU by mid-2023, and the rest of the batch by the end of the year.
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For those who are not in the know
VAMPIRE is a portable system that can beinstall on pickup trucks to launch high-precision 70mm missiles. The launcher has four missiles and a laser-guided L3Harris APKWS (AGR-20 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System) type. The Ukrainian Armed Forces will use VAMPIRE to combat enemy drones.