This Is The Army’s New MALET Kit That Turns Mortars Into Drone-Dropped Weapons

The U.S. Army unveiled the Munitions Air-dropped Lethal Effects Tool, or MALET, a kit that lets unmanned aircraft carry and release existing 60 mm and 81 mm mortar rounds. Developed within the Picatinny Common Lethality Integration Kit effort, the removable adapter adds an air-drop fuzing function and stabilizes the round during descent while allowing unused ammunition to return to conventional mortar service. The Army said a recent test dropped live 60 mm rounds from a moving drone and recorded detonations in the designated target area. The kit remains in testing.