Army's FY-25 request includes $20M for Air Launched Effects new start

By Dan Schere / April 5, 2024 at 12:28 PM
The Army's fiscal year 2025 budget request released last month includes $20 million for prototyping in the service's Launched Effects program -- a new start for the next fiscal year. The funding will go toward “procurement and fielding of launched effects prototype assets,” according to budget justification documents . The Army’s Launched Effects program will involve “teaming between crewed and uncrewed systems to detect, identify, locate and report pacing threats in contested environments.” Brig. Gen. Cain Baker, the director of...

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