Air Defense

Mobile Coyote launcher system

Also known as
  • M-LIDS kinetic defeat vehicle
  • M-LIDS Coyote launcher
  • Mobile Coyote launcher
  • Mobile Coyote missile launcher
  • Mobile Coyote Launcher Systems
  • Mobile Coyote Missile Launchers
  • Coyote Missile System mobile launcher

The Mobile Coyote launcher system is the Coyote missile-launcher vehicle associated with the U.S. Army's mobile LIDS counter-UAS architecture. Army AL&T identifies an M-LIDS kinetic defeat vehicle with a Coyote Block 2 launcher on a mobile platform, while Army, RTX, SRC, and DVIDS material place Coyote launchers inside the layered LIDS/M-LIDS detect-and-defeat stack.

Mobile Coyote launcher system, Mobile Coyote missile launcher vehicle, Air Defense
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Profile / Specs

Profile

Origin
United States
Built by
Raytheon
Type
Mobile Coyote missile launcher vehicle
Service note
2020s-present

Specifications

Launcher type
Mobile Coyote missile launcher vehicle
Compatible interceptor
Coyote Block 2 and Coyote missile-system effectors
Parent architecture
Mobile LIDS / LIDS family of systems
M-LIDS role
Kinetic defeat vehicle in a two-vehicle mobile counter-UAS section
Mission
Counter-UAS air defense against low, slow, small unmanned aircraft
Linked sensors and C2
KuRFS or mobile Ku720 radar family with FAAD C2 in the LIDS architecture
Procurement marker
2025 Army contract covered fixed and mobile Coyote missile launchers, kinetic and non-kinetic interceptors, and Ku-band radars
Launched Interceptors

The mobile launcher is documented as the Coyote kinetic-defeat vehicle within the M-LIDS/LIDS family.

Launched itemItem typeLaunch evidence
Coyote counter-UAS interceptor / drone, Counter-UAS interceptor drone, Air DefenseCoyote counter-UAS interceptor / droneCoyote counter-UAS effector

SRC's LIDS brochure says Coyote is launched from mobile launcher systems, Army AL&T labels an M-LIDS kinetic defeat vehicle with a Coyote Block 2 launcher, and RTX describes Coyote as the LIDS defeat effector.

Sources: LIDS Family of Systems Brochure, Innovation Draws International Interest, Meet the US Army's LIDS: A sure shot against drones

M-LIDS Architecture

The launcher is one element of a wider mobile counter-UAS stack that combines sensors, command and control, and kinetic defeat.

Compatible itemItem typeCompatibility evidence
Mobile LIDS (M-LIDS), Mobile counter-UAS system, Air DefenseMobile LIDS (M-LIDS)Mobile counter-UAS system

Army and DVIDS reporting describe M-LIDS as the maneuverable wheeled system used in Green Sands counter-UAS training, while Army AL&T identifies the Coyote launcher vehicle as an M-LIDS kinetic defeat vehicle.

Sources: USARCENT Trains Deploying Soldiers in counter-UAS, Green Sands: The Evolution of Counter-UAS Training, Innovation Draws International Interest

KuRFS radar, Counter-UAS and counter-RAM radar, Support EquipmentKuRFS radarCounter-UAS radar

RTX describes KuRFS and Coyote as the detect-and-defeat components of LIDS, with mobile LIDS using the mobile Ku720 member of the KuRFS radar family.

Sources: Meet the US Army's LIDS: A sure shot against drones

Why the launcher is a component page

The public record directly identifies M-LIDS and Coyote in operational and training contexts, but the available sources do not independently document this launcher component as a separate conflict-use item.

Sources: USARCENT Trains Deploying Soldiers in counter-UAS, Green Sands: The Evolution of Counter-UAS Training

Launcher System Context

The mobile launcher page covers the Coyote kinetic-defeat vehicle rather than the complete two-vehicle M-LIDS section. The sourced record points to a layered system in which the launcher is cued by LIDS sensors and command-and-control tools.

ElementFunctionDocumented context
Coyote launcher vehicleKinetic defeatArmy AL&T labels an M-LIDS kinetic defeat vehicle with a Coyote Block 2 launcher mounted on a mobile platform.
Coyote effectorInterceptorRTX describes Coyote as the LIDS defeat effector, and SRC describes Coyote as launched from mobile and fixed launcher systems.
KuRFS or Ku720 radarDetection and trackingRTX describes KuRFS and Coyote as the detect-and-defeat core of LIDS, with mobile LIDS using the mobile radar option in the KuRFS family.
FAAD C2 and BDOC trainingEngagement coordinationDVIDS and Army reporting describe Green Sands training around base-defense operations, FAAD C2, and M-LIDS live-fire preparation for deploying units.

Supported by: Innovation Draws International Interest; LIDS Family of Systems Brochure; Meet the US Army's LIDS: A sure shot against drones; USARCENT Trains Deploying Soldiers in counter-UAS; Green Sands: The Evolution of Counter-UAS Training.

Timeline

Mobile Coyote launcher system Key Events

  1. LIDS enters CENTCOM-area operation

    RTX says the Army's LIDS counter-UAS system began operating in the CENTCOM area with KuRFS and Coyote as its detect-and-defeat core.

    Sources: Meet the US Army's LIDS: A sure shot against drones

  2. USARCENT trains with M-LIDS and Coyote

    Army reporting on Green Sands training described M-LIDS as a maneuverable wheeled counter-UAS vehicle and identified the Coyote missile system as a primary theater engagement tool.

    Sources: USARCENT Trains Deploying Soldiers in counter-UAS

  3. M-LIDS live-fire supports deployment readiness

    DVIDS reported that 44th IBCT base-defense crews observed an M-LIDS live-fire during Green Sands pre-deployment training at McGregor Range.

    Sources: M-LIDS live-fire image, Green Sands: The Evolution of Counter-UAS Training

  4. Army awards Coyote missile-system contract

    The U.S. Department of War announced a $5.04 billion Raytheon contract covering fixed and mobile Coyote missile launchers, Coyote interceptors, and Ku-band radars.

    Sources: Coyote Missile System contract award

Media

Mobile Coyote launcher system Images

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Related Weapon Systems
Fixed Site LIDS (FS-LIDS), Fixed-site counter-UAS system, Air DefenseAir DefenseFixed Site LIDS (FS-LIDS)Fixed-site counter-UAS systemFixed Site LIDS (FS-LIDS) is the U.S. Army's fixed-site Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integrated Defeat System, built to protect bases and other static sites from small drones. Official SRC, RTX, Army, and U.S. arms-sale reporting describe it as a layered counter-UAS architecture that combines radar and EO/IR sensors, FAAD C2 command-and-control, electronic-warfare defeat, fixed Coyote launchers, and Coyote Block 2 interceptors.
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Sources

LIDS Family of Systems BrochurePublisher: SRC | Note: Supports the mobile launcher-system wording, the LIDS family context, and the mobile and fixed launcher descriptions for Coyote. | Accessed: 2026-06-29Meet the US Army's LIDS: A sure shot against dronesPublisher: RTX | Note: Supports the LIDS detect-and-defeat architecture, KuRFS/Coyote relationship, mobile and fixed LIDS deployment modes, CENTCOM-area operation, and operationally deployed LIDS context. | Accessed: 2026-06-29Coyote C-UASPublisher: RTX | Note: Supports Raytheon Coyote manufacturer background, rail-launched Coyote effector context, and Coyote counter-UAS mission details used to describe the launcher relationship. | Accessed: 2026-06-29Innovation Draws International InterestPublisher: U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center | Note: Supports the M-LIDS kinetic defeat vehicle label and the Coyote Block 2 launcher context. | Accessed: 2026-06-29NEED FOR SPEEDPublisher: U.S. Army | Note: Supports the M-LIDS image used as a representative mobile launcher-system image. | Accessed: 2026-06-29USARCENT Trains Deploying Soldiers in counter-UASPublisher: U.S. Army | Note: Supports Green Sands training context, M-LIDS as a wheeled maneuverable counter-UAS vehicle, Coyote missile-system theater engagement context, and base-defense live-fire training. | Accessed: 2026-06-29Green Sands: The Evolution of Counter-UAS TrainingPublisher: DVIDS | Note: Supports pre-deployment Green Sands training context, M-LIDS live-fire training, FAAD C2 training context, and CJTF-OIR deployment-readiness framing without independently establishing this launcher as a conflict-use row. | Accessed: 2026-06-29M-LIDS live-fire imagePublisher: DVIDS | Note: Supports the public-domain gallery image and M-LIDS live-fire training context at McGregor Range. | Accessed: 2026-06-29Request for Information and Notice of Intent to Sole SourcePublisher: SAM.gov | Note: Supports the planned FY25-FY29 production requirement that named Mobile Coyote Launcher Systems alongside fixed launchers, Coyote interceptors, and KuRFS radars. | Accessed: 2026-06-29Coyote Missile System contract awardPublisher: U.S. Department of War | Note: Supports the September 29, 2025 Raytheon contract covering fixed and mobile Coyote missile launchers, kinetic and non-kinetic interceptors, and Ku-band radars. | Accessed: 2026-06-29