{"id":29154,"date":"2020-08-06T02:27:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T02:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/06\/armys-interim-short-range-air-defense-system-on-track-despite-minor-hiccup-in-tests\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:25:23","slug":"armys-interim-short-range-air-defense-system-on-track-despite-minor-hiccup-in-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2020\/08\/06\/armys-interim-short-range-air-defense-system-on-track-despite-minor-hiccup-in-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Army\u2019s interim short-range air defense system on track despite minor \u2018hiccup\u2019 in tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Army has wrapped up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/army-modernization\/2020\/03\/24\/us-army-to-wrap-up-early-testing-of-short-range-air-defense-system-soon\/\" target=_blank>developmental testing for its interim short-range air defense system<\/a> after experiencing a minor \u201chiccup\u201d that, when paired with complications due to the coronavirus pandemic, set the program back by a few weeks, Maj. Gen. Robert Rasch, the service\u2019s program executive officer for missiles and space, said Aug. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It took just 19 months from the time the service generated the requirement to the first delivery of a platform for testing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/road-to-warsaw\/2016\/06\/14\/us-army-grapples-with-short-range-air-defense-gap-in-europe\/\" target=_blank>answering an urgent call in 2016 from U.S. Army Europe to fill the short-range air defense capability gap<\/a>.  The service received the requirement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/06\/28\/us-armys-interim-short-range-air-defense-solution-crystallizes\/\" target=_blank>to build the system<\/a> in February 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/dsei\/2017\/09\/15\/from-flying-tiger-to-iron-dome-a-shorad-renaissance-is-underway\/\" target=_blank>shoot-off in the desert of White Sands Missile Range<\/a>, New Mexico, and subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2017\/10\/18\/everythings-coming-up-shorad\/\" target=_blank>evaluations from various vendors<\/a>, the Army selected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/03\/01\/interim-short-range-air-defense-solution-will-be-stryker-based\/\" target=_blank>a Stryker combat vehicle-based system<\/a> that included a mission equipment package designed by Leonardo DRS. 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Chuck Worshim, program manager for cruise missile defense systems within PEO Missiles and Space, said the Army was \u201clearning some things, which testing is all about. We\u2019re seeing where we will have to have some corrective actions put in place as we move forward into more operational testing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He would not detail those actions but emphasized they were \u201cnothing that can\u2019t be overcome in a short period of time\u201d and \u201cnothing that is so far out of the box that we have to go back to the drawing board.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rasch said, \u201cWe just had to work through some of those software bugs and the testing,\u201d and as the team rolled out those \u201crelatively minor software patches\u201d the system has been \u201ctesting out very well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brig. Gen. 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