Raytheon said on 13 October that it had been awarded $729 million to deliver parts of the US Army’s main counter-drone system to the Army, Qatar and Jordan. It called them the first international sales of its KuRFS radar and Coyote interceptor.
The system is LIDS, which the Army uses against small, slow, low-flying drones. KuRFS watches in all directions and tracks the drone. Coyote is a small rail-launched interceptor with a turbine engine that flies out to stop it.
Raytheon gave no split between the three buyers and no quantities. The order mixes fixed sites and mobile versions, it said. No award of this size to Raytheon appears in the Pentagon’s daily contract notices from 21 September to 16 October.
Both foreign buyers went through the US government’s foreign sales process first. Qatar’s request, notified to Congress in November 2022, covered ten fixed-site LIDS with 200 Coyote Block 2 interceptors, estimated at $1 billion. Jordan’s, notified on 26 February 2026, covers KuRFS radars and a command system for $280 million, paid with US Foreign Military Financing. It lists no interceptors.
Raytheon is “accelerating production of the Coyote family”, said Tom Laliberty, president of its Land and Air Defense Systems business. The Army’s own Coyote contract of September 2025 has a ceiling of $5.04 billion through 2033.
A day before the award, Raytheon said it had completed three company-funded tests of an upgraded Coyote, including the first launches with a tactical rocket motor. A new seeker and warhead are planned. It gave no speed, range or test dates.
