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US Navy Selects L3Harris VAMPIRE for Littoral Counter-Drone Defense

L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a contract to deliver its VAMPIRE (Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment) counter-unmanned system to the U.S. Navy for littoral defense against drone threats. L3Harris press ...
US Navy Selects L3Harris VAMPIRE for Littoral Counter-Drone Defense
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Naval News International
Source Date: 09 September 2026 – 17:22
Published: 09 September 2026 – 17:22

L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a contract to deliver its VAMPIRE (Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment) counter-unmanned system to the U.S. Navy for littoral defense against drone threats.

L3Harris press release

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has been selected by the U.S. Navy to deliver VAMPIRE™ counter-unmanned systems (C-UxS) in support of the U.S.’ growing integrated C-UxS defense architecture.

The VAMPIRE system is a self-contained weapons solution that delivers advanced reconnaissance and precision strike against drones and remotely piloted platforms across domains. 

“VAMPIRE is a flexible and effective system that meets the unique requirements of the U.S. Navy for littoral C-UxS defense,” said Tony Calderon, President, Targeting & Sensor Systems, Communications & Spectrum Dominance, L3Harris. “We’re engineering new capabilities to adapt to our customers’ missions and ruggedizing VAMPIRE against the environmental stresses of maritime environments.”

L3Harris is also delivering VAMPIRE systems to the U.S. Army. Separately, the company unveiled its Wraith Shield™ software earlier this year, which provides a radio-as-a-sensor capability to defeat small drones and can be incorporated with VAMPIRE and Drone Guardian® systems to deliver layered defense against UxS threats. 

VAMPIRE counter drone system
Pictured above are planned future variants for L3Harris’s VAMPIRE C-UAS system, with the top left a featuring a glimpse of a USV fielding the system. Screenshot from an L3Harris media briefing.

The post US Navy Selects L3Harris VAMPIRE for Littoral Counter-Drone Defense appeared first on Naval News.

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