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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.

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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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  • USUnited States
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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.

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  • 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).

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  • 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.

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  • 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).

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