Pentagon Buys $5B In RTX Drone Interceptors

rtx counter drone
Credit: U.S. Defense Department
The Pentagon has awarded RTX a $5 billion contract for Coyote drone interceptor systems in one of the clearest signs yet that the purchase of such counter-uncrewed air systems (C-UAS) is moving from the experimentation phase to becoming big business. The U.S. Army will buy both kinetic and non...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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