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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.

Operators2

  • UAUkraine
  • USUnited States
First fielded
2023
Combat use
Documented

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.

    Source

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Capabilities1