US Army soldiers have begun Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) prototype testing after the service and industry fixed software glitches associated with integrating a new weapons equipment package onto Stryker A1 infantry fighting vehicles, according to programme officials.

Under IM-SHORAD, the service is outfitting Stryker vehicles with a mission equipment package that includes a 30 mm cannon, Stinger missile system and Longbow Hellfire missiles. However, Janes first reported that software challenges were discovered and Program Executive Officer for Missiles and Space Major General Robert Rasch has now said these problems have been fixed.

“It really was nothing that you wouldn’t expect to see the first time hooking up a Hellfire launcher, which has traditionally been an air-to-ground launch system, with an upgraded digital Stinger launch capability integrated with a new turret,” Maj Gen Rasch told reporters during a 5 August call. “We just had to work through some of those software bugs, and the testing, as we rolled out those software patches”.

The two-star general noted that all safety releases are in place and soldiers have begun training and operating prototypes.

US Army soldiers have begun Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) prototype testing after the service and industry fixed software glitches associated with integrating a new weapons equipment package onto Stryker A1 infantry fighting vehicles, according to programme officials.

Under IM-SHORAD, the service is outfitting Stryker vehicles with a mission equipment package that includes a 30 mm cannon, Stinger missile system and Longbow Hellfire missiles. However, Janes first reported that software challenges were discovered and Program Executive Officer for Missiles and Space Major General Robert Rasch has now said these problems have been fixed.

“It really was nothing that you wouldn’t expect to see the first time hooking up a Hellfire launcher, which has traditionally been an air-to-ground launch system, with an upgraded digital Stinger launch capability integrated with a new turret,” Maj Gen Rasch told reporters during a 5 August call. “We just had to work through some of those software bugs, and the testing, as we rolled out those software patches”.

The two-star general noted that all safety releases are in place and soldiers have begun training and operating prototypes.

US Army soldiers have begun Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) prototype testing after the service and industry fixed software glitches associated with integrating a new weapons equipment package onto Stryker A1 infantry fighting vehicles, according to programme officials.

Under IM-SHORAD, the service is outfitting Stryker vehicles with a mission equipment package that includes a 30 mm cannon, Stinger missile system and Longbow Hellfire missiles. However, Janes first reported that software challenges were discovered and Program Executive Officer for Missiles and Space Major General Robert Rasch has now said these problems have been fixed.

“It really was nothing that you wouldn’t expect to see the first time hooking up a Hellfire launcher, which has traditionally been an air-to-ground launch system, with an upgraded digital Stinger launch capability integrated with a new turret,” Maj Gen Rasch told reporters during a 5 August call. “We just had to work through some of those software bugs, and the testing, as we rolled out those software patches”.

The two-star general noted that all safety releases are in place and soldiers have begun training and operating prototypes.

US Army soldiers have begun Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) prototype testing after the service and industry fixed software glitches associated with integrating a new weapons equipment package onto Stryker A1 infantry fighting vehicles, according to programme officials.

Under IM-SHORAD, the service is outfitting Stryker vehicles with a mission equipment package that includes a 30 mm cannon, Stinger missile system and Longbow Hellfire missiles. However, Janes first reported that software challenges were discovered and Program Executive Officer for Missiles and Space Major General Robert Rasch has now said these problems have been fixed.

“It really was nothing that you wouldn’t expect to see the first time hooking up a Hellfire launcher, which has traditionally been an air-to-ground launch system, with an upgraded digital Stinger launch capability integrated with a new turret,” Maj Gen Rasch told reporters during a 5 August call. “We just had to work through some of those software bugs, and the testing, as we rolled out those software patches”.

The two-star general noted that all safety releases are in place and soldiers have begun training and operating prototypes.

US Army soldiers have begun Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) prototype testing after the service and industry fixed software glitches associated with integrating a new weapons equipment package onto Stryker A1 infantry fighting vehicles, according to programme officials.

Under IM-SHORAD, the service is outfitting Stryker vehicles with a mission equipment package that includes a 30 mm cannon, Stinger missile system and Longbow Hellfire missiles. However, Janes first reported that software challenges were discovered and Program Executive Officer for Missiles and Space Major General Robert Rasch has now said these problems have been fixed.

“It really was nothing that you wouldn’t expect to see the first time hooking up a Hellfire launcher, which has traditionally been an air-to-ground launch system, with an upgraded digital Stinger launch capability integrated with a new turret,” Maj Gen Rasch told reporters during a 5 August call. “We just had to work through some of those software bugs, and the testing, as we rolled out those software patches”.

The two-star general noted that all safety releases are in place and soldiers have begun training and operating prototypes.

US Army soldiers have begun Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) prototype testing after the service and industry fixed software glitches associated with integrating a new weapons equipment package onto Stryker A1 infantry fighting vehicles, according to programme officials.

Under IM-SHORAD, the service is outfitting Stryker vehicles with a mission equipment package that includes a 30 mm cannon, Stinger missile system and Longbow Hellfire missiles. However, Janes first reported that software challenges were discovered and Program Executive Officer for Missiles and Space Major General Robert Rasch has now said these problems have been fixed.

“It really was nothing that you wouldn’t expect to see the first time hooking up a Hellfire launcher, which has traditionally been an air-to-ground launch system, with an upgraded digital Stinger launch capability integrated with a new turret,” Maj Gen Rasch told reporters during a 5 August call. “We just had to work through some of those software bugs, and the testing, as we rolled out those software patches”.

The two-star general noted that all safety releases are in place and soldiers have begun training and operating prototypes.