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The U.S. Army plans to order thousands of next-generation, short-range air defense<\/a> missiles to replace the aging FIM-92 Stinger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new Army Request for Information<\/u><\/a> seeks to identify companies that can deliver 11,000 Next Generation Short Range Interceptor, or NGSRI, missiles beginning in Fiscal Year 2028. The response deadline is July 6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RFI asks companies to \u201cprovide projected unit cost estimates given a planning factor of 11,000 NGSRI missiles and 2,200 Control Launch Assemblies over a ten-year production period,\u201d the document states. \u201cAs a planning factor, assume procurement of 200 missiles and 20 CLAs in year one (FY28) and 500 missiles and 20 CLAs in year 2 (FY29). As an additional planning factor excursion, assume doubling the [low-rate initial production] quantities in year one and year two.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army describes NGSRI as a \u201chigh performance, soldier portable, fire and forget, surface to air missile system capable of defeating rotary wing, fixed wing, and Group 2\/3 unmanned aircraft system threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NGSRI initiative is part of the Maneuver Short Range Air Defense<\/u><\/a>, or M-SHORAD, program, which aims to revamp the Army\u2019s mobile air defenses amid a growing threat from drones<\/a>, hypersonic missiles and other guided munitions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trials for M-SHORAD Increment 1 \u2014 renamed Sgt. Stout \u2014 mounted Stingers, a 30mm cannon and a 7.62mm machine gun on a radar-equipped Stryker. Increment 2 tested a 50 kW laser mounted on a Stryker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Increment 3 calls for replacing the Stinger with the faster and longer-range NGSRI short-range interceptor. The Stinger only has a speed of Mach 2, in part because it is \u201cpowered by a traditional solid fuel rocket motor,\u201d explained<\/u><\/a> the Army\u2019s Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NGSRI will reportedly have a speed of Mach 3. RTX and Northrop Grumman tested<\/u><\/a> these missiles with a more powerful Highly Loaded Grain solid rocket motor last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2026, RTX demonstrated NGSRI\u2019s \u201cto track drone targets and be fired from a man-portable launcher,\u201d the company said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NGSRI is designed to be fired from vehicles and shoulder-mounted launchers. It will be compatible with existing Stinger missile launchers, such as Sgt. Stout and the Marine Corps Air-To-Air Launcher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Army RFI calls for contractors to explain how they will mount NGSRI on the Sgt. Stout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe company shall describe the approach and cost per kit for retrofitting the SGT STOUT to fire the missile from the Stinger Vehicle Universal Launcher,\u201d the RFI states. \u201cAs a planning factor there will be 248 SGT STOUTs with up to two Stinger Vehicle Universal Launcher launchers per platform.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Stinger was first deployed in the early 1980s to replace the FIM-43 Redeye. It has been used in numerous conflicts, including the Soviet-Afghan War<\/u><\/a>, where Afghan militants used U.S.-supplied Stingers to down Soviet Mi-24 helicopter gunships. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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