In the past 15 years, the Army slowly drifted away from the FIM-92 Stinger -- which is an infrared homing surface-to-air missile that has been around since the late 1970's -- as it focused on ...

U.S. Army officials hitting supply chain snags on their way to restocking Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and Javelin anti-tank weapons sent to Ukraine may get a reprieve.

The FIM-92 Stinger missile was the man-portable air defense system of choice for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps (and a handful of actionheroes during the 1980s and 90s, plus some Afghan, uh ...

Work to extend the service life of Stinger Block I missiles and expand its capabilities on the battlefield began at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, Oklahoma, Oct. 27, 2014.

The Stinger is designed to be fired against low-altitude targets and is very effective; it has racked up 270 credited fixed-wing and rotary-wing kills as of December 2023.

The Army is pursuing a Stinger missile replacement for short-range air defense that can go faster, survive jamming and more easily hit tougher targets like drones.. The service awarded RTX and ...

Stinger anti-aircraft missiles date to the 1980s, but because of their use in Ukraine, ... The US Army announced it was looking for a new Stinger missile replacement in March 2022, ...

The Sgt Stout IM-SHORAD vehicle is designed to provide lethal mobile and survivable air defense against various aerial threats.

The US Army highlighted an ongoing program to upgrade the range of its Stinger missiles. The program, Red Wasp, has been applying solid fuel ramjet technology to increase reach.

Lockheed Martin‘s Sippican business has received a $139 million contract modification from the U.S. Army for Stinger missile fuze/warhead body assemblies.. The Department of Defense said ...

Raytheon Company, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded an other transaction authority agreement with a ceiling of $418,339,008 for Stinger missile upgrades and replacement. Work will be performed in Tucson, ...

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded an other transaction authority agreement with a ceiling of $311,979,039 for Stinger missile upgrades and replacement. Work will be ...