Increment 3 – Stinger Replacement MANPADS Missile Program, First Prototype Launches In 2023

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Increment 3 – Stinger Replacement MANPADS Missile Program, First Prototype Launches In 2023


Of the thousands of MANPADS missiles that Ukraine has received, it is said that most are of the FIM-92 Stinger type. Understandably, apart from being supplied by the United States, the Stinger stream to Ukraine also comes from Lithuania, Estonia and Germany.

The shipment of thousands of Stingers (from the US is estimated at 2,000 units), making the missile stock that is no longer produced increasingly depleted.

Departing from the Stinger's capabilities in the Ukraine war, the US cannot forget the development of the need for MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense System) missiles in the future.

The US Army says it will begin testing at least one prototype Stinger replacement design by the end of Fiscal Year 2023. The goal is to get the final weapon into production no later than Fiscal Year 2027.

In addition to being driven by the Stinger's success story in the Ukraine match, the Stinger replacement development program is due to its increasingly outdated technology and because Stinger stocks in the armaments depot have dwindled.


“The Stinger Reprogrammable Microprocessor (RMP) will become obsolete in fiscal year 2023, and the Stinger Block I is currently undergoing one final life extension. And Stinger supplies are currently declining," said a source from the US Army.

Quoted from TheDrive.com (8/4/2022), the Army Project Manager for Short and Intermediate Effectors for Layered Defense (SHIELD) has issued a request for information (RFI) regarding the proposed replacement of the Stinger on March 28, 2022.

The replacement effort is officially known as the Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) Increment program. Comprising the M-SHORAD Increment 1 is a mobile short-range air defense system based on the Stryker 8×8 wheeled armored vehicle armed with the Stinger, as well as Longbow Hellfire missiles and 30 mm automatic cannon.

Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) Increment

 
Then there is Increment 2, also known as the Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) system, which will be a Stryker-based design equipped with a directed energy weapon.

The Army is already evaluating designs equipped with 50-kilowatt class laser weapons, but the service is still potentially considering alternatives, such as one proposed type with high-power microwave weapons.


According to the contract announcement last March, Increment 3 focused solely on developing a new missile to replace the Stinger, and not hitting the carrier vehicle. Details about what specifications the US Army wants, so far there are no clear details.

An internal US Army source said the new MANPADS system should provide better target acquisition with increased damage and range over the Stinger's capabilities.


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The world's most popular MANPADS missile, the FIM-92 Stinger, will actually be phased out of the United States Army inventory. Stinger entered the production phase in 1978 and since 1981 officially entered service by the US military.

Stinger with infrared guidance began to rise in popularity when used by the British in the Malvinas War, and at the height of the Cold War era, the Stinger showed its prowess in the Afghanistan War, where the Stinger supplied by the US to Mujahideen fighters managed to bring down many Soviet Union military aircraft and helicopters.


Stinger powered by a solid fuel rocket motor can accelerate up to Mach 2.54 and a range of 4,800 meters to the target. Overall, Stinger production reached 70,000 units, of which this missile has also been produced under license by Germany and Turkey.

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