{"id":50490,"date":"2023-07-31T14:49:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T14:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/07\/31\/us-army-developing-lasso-tank-killing-drone-for-infantry\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:39:39","slug":"us-army-developing-lasso-tank-killing-drone-for-infantry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2023\/07\/31\/us-army-developing-lasso-tank-killing-drone-for-infantry\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army developing LASSO tank-killing drone for infantry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army kicked off a program to quickly provide soldiers a portable, tank-busting drone, amid ballooning use of similar equipment in the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service\u2019s Program Executive Office Soldier, or PEO Soldier<\/a>, this month announced the Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance venture, or LASSO, and a responsibility for lethal unmanned systems, adding that the need for such gear is \u201curgent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LASSO systems can be carried by troops, use a tube for launches and are strapped with a lethal payload, according to the office, which specializes in equipment including uniforms, body armor, night-vision devices and guns. The kit also features an electro-optical and infrared sensor, precision flight controls and the ability to track and engage far-off targets, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The one-way, or \u201csuicide\u201d drone is tailored for infantry brigade combat teams<\/a> and is expected to be in soldiers\u2019 hands in 2024. Feedback and updates will follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the Army prepares to engage near peer threats in a conventional conflict, it was evident that our infantry brigade combat teams are in need of additional organic anti-tank capabilities,\u201d Jason Amadi, an office spokesperson, told C4ISRNET July 27. \u201cPEO Soldier\u2019s expertise is supporting the infantry brigade combat teams. No one is better suited to develop and field this capability to IBCT soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t