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Coyote Block 2

Rail-launched, turbine-powered counter-UAS interceptor with RF seeker and fragmentation warhead; the Army's LIDS effector.

by RTX

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A Raytheon Coyote Block 2 interceptor displayed at IDEX 2025

Photo: Photo by Mztourist via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · Resized and re-encoded as WebP from the original.

Rail-launched, turbine-powered counter-UAS interceptor with RF seeker and fragmentation warhead; the Army's LIDS effector.

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Technologies2

Cost to the government

  • Unit cost (per round)Confirmed
    $138K
    Then-year $ · 800 units · FY2027

    PB2027 request, OPA BA2 line AD0500 sub-item AD0516 C-sUAS Effector, P-5a: Raytheon kinetic interceptor AUR $138.301K x 800 ($110.641M). Same exhibit: non-kinetic AUR $322.793K x 29.

    U.S. Army, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)
  • Unit cost (per round)Confirmed
    $149K
    Then-year $ · 363 units · FY2026

    PB2027 OPA BA2 line AD0500 (C-sUAS), sub-item AD0516 C-sUAS Effector, P-5 FY 2026 column: kinetic interceptor all-up round $148.711K x 363 ($53.982M). Contractor Raytheon/Tucson (Coyote kinetic = Block 2).

    U.S. Army, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)
  • Unit cost (per round)Confirmed
    $127K
    Then-year $ · 690 units · FY2025

    PB2025 request, Missile Procurement Army line C82200 (C-sUAS Intercept), P-5/P-5a: Coyote kinetic interceptor unit cost $126.538K x 690 ($87.311M). Kinetic Coyote = Block 2. Non-kinetic Coyote listed separately at $293.417K x 12.

    U.S. Army (ASA(FM&C))
  • Contract unit priceEstimated
    $125K
    600 units

    Army contract action of 16 Jan 2024 (OSD rapid acquisition authority): $75M for 600 Coyote 2C (Block 2 kinetic variant) interceptors; $75,000,000 / 600 = $125,000 each (division by us).

    U.S. Army

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Operators1

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News2

Sources5

  1. 1.
    NewsAeroVironment's Freedom Eagle-1 Picked As New Counter-Drone Interceptor For U.S. Army

    The War Zone · Oct 22, 2025 · Supports: System

    “Block 2 variants of which are already in Army service.”
  2. 2.
    NewsPentagon Awards $5.04 Billion Contract to Raytheon for Coyote Counter-Drone System and KuRFS Radars

    Overt Defense · Oct 7, 2025 · Supports: System

    “The kinetic version carries a fragmentation warhead guided by an RF seeker to directly strike enemy drones”
  3. 3.
    Government recordArmy announces rapid acquisition authority contract for Coyote Interceptors

    U.S. Army · Supports: Cost · amount

    “On January 16, 2024, the U.S. Army awarded a contract action to RTX Corporation in the amount of $75 million for the production of 600 Coyote 2C Interceptors”
  4. 4.
    Government recordDepartment of Defense FY 2025 Budget Estimates, Army Justification Book: Missile Procurement, Army

    U.S. Army (ASA(FM&C)) · Supports: Cost · amount

    “Coyote Kinetic Interceptors(†) 2025 Raytheon / Tucson, AZ C / IDIQ Huntsville, AL Jun 2025 Dec 2026 690 126.538”
  5. 5.
    Government recordArmy FY 2027 Budget Estimates: Other Procurement, Army Justification Book Vol 2, BA2 Communications & Electronics

    U.S. Army, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) · Supports: Cost · amount

    “Kinetic Interceptor AUR(†) - - - - - - 148.711 363 53.982 138.301 800 110.641”

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