Low, Slow, Small-Unmanned Aircraft Integrated Defeat System
US Army counter-drone system pairing KuRFS radar and Coyote interceptors; bought by Qatar and Jordan.
Raytheon won $729m of contracts on 13 October 2026 to supply LIDS to the US Army, Qatar and Jordan in fixed-site and mobile forms; RTX calls them the first international sales of its KuRFS radar and Coyote interceptor.
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Raytheon won $729m of contracts on 13 October 2026 to supply the US Army's Low, Slow, Small-Unmanned Aircraft Integrated Defeat System (LIDS) to the US Army, Qatar and Jordan, in fixed-site and mobile forms. RTX calls them the first international sales of its KuRFS radar and Coyote interceptor; it did not split the value by buyer.
The US State Department approved a Qatari request for 10 fixed-site LIDS fire units and 200 Coyote Block 2 interceptors in November 2022. LIDS is a US Army programme of record that Raytheon, part of RTX, supplies. Its KuRFS radar detects and tracks small drones, and the Coyote interceptor destroys them; the Army's version also uses Northrop Grumman's FAAD command-and-control software and an electronic-warfare jammer.
Qatar and Jordan bought standard US Army kit. Kuwait took a different route the same week, hiring MARSS to join radars, jammers and interceptors from several makers into one national network.
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Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 26 October 2026. Editorial standards.