U.S. Army Eyes Cheaper, Better Platform For Mobile Air Defense

The U.S. Army is planning to switch to a new vehicle to replace Avenger batteries in the National Guard.

The U.S. Army is planning to switch to a new vehicle to replace Avenger batteries in the National Guard.

Credit: General Dynamics
LAWTON, Oklahoma—The U.S. Army wants a different platform than the Stryker armored fighting vehicle to replace the remaining Avenger batteries for mobile, short-range air defense (M-SHORAD), a service official said here on Feb. 12. “I don’t want to be on Strykers anymore,” Brig. Gen. Patrick...
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