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VAMPIRE

Vehicle Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment: palletized launcher firing laser-guided rockets at drones.

by L3Harris Technologies · First fielded 2023

FieldedLand
A VAMPIRE counter-drone rocket launcher and sensor mast positioned for field operations.

Photo: U.S. Army photo by Spc. Mariam Diallo · Public domain (PD-USGov-Military-Army)

Vehicle Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment: palletized launcher firing laser-guided rockets at drones.

Timeline

No milestones recorded for VAMPIRE yet. First fielded in 2023. The timeline fills in as unveilings, tests, contracts and deliveries are sourced.

Technologies1

Cost to the government

  • Contract unit priceEstimated
    $2.9M
    14 units

    DoD contract (Jan 2023, USAI for Ukraine): $40M for 14 VAMPIRE kits; $40,000,000 / 14 = $2,857,143 per system (division by us). Kits installed on government-furnished vehicles.

    Reuters (via ThePrint)

Unit costs and contract unit prices for this product, and budget figures for the programs that buy it. Each figure states its dollar basis and links its source; contract values are under Programs & awards.

Operators2

  • UAUkraine
  • USUnited States
First fielded
2023
Combat use
Documented

Sources2

  1. 1.
    NewsUS Army Taps L3Harris to Supply VAMPIRE Counter-Drone Systems for $106M

    The Defense Post · Jun 11, 2026 · Supports: System

    “It has logged more than 350,000 hours of operational use since Washington ordered 14 VAMPIRE systems bound for Ukraine in 2023”
  2. 2.
    NewsPentagon awards L3Harris $40 million anti-drone weapon systems contract

    Reuters (via ThePrint) · Jan 6, 2023 · Supports: Cost · amount

    “The U.S. Department of Defense awarded L3Harris Technologies Inc a $40 million contract to deliver 14 anti-drone weapon systems to bolster Ukraine's security forces”

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