L3Harris wins $60m US Army contract for counter-drone interceptor

L3Harris received a three-year U.S. Army contract worth up to $60 million to advance a long-range, manoeuvrable interceptor under the Xtended Range Counter-sUAS Missile programme. The award from the Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center moves the company into the project's second phase, involving flight-performance testing of a fully integrated interceptor. The weapon is intended to engage small and medium unmanned aircraft as well as conventional short-range air-defence threats. Development combines propulsion, guidance and advanced manufacturing work, making the agreement an interceptor maturation and testing effort rather than an announced operational deployment.