31 July 2023
by Carlo Munoz
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The VAMPIRE remote weapon system. (L3Harris)
L3Harris has selected Alabama-based EOS Defense Systems to support the Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) Rocket Equipment (VAMPIRE) programme, which has been tagged by the US Department of Defense (DoD) as one of several weapon systems bound for Ukraine.
The Pentagon contracted L3Harris to integrate the VAMPIRE remote weapon system (RWS) into DoD-provided combat vehicles scheduled for delivery to Ukrainian defence forces. Under the terms of the USD40 million deal agreed to in January 2022, L3Harris would outfit 14 tactical combat vehicles with the VAMPIRE to “allow Ukraine ground forces to target and shoot down enemy drones and defend against adversary ground threats”, according to a statement issued by EOS in July, announcing its new partnership with L3Harris.
The VAMPIRE-equipped combat vehicles “are tailored to provide critical defence assets to help Ukraine protect against attacks on civilian infrastructure”, the July statement added.
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