RAD

When Threats Evolve,

ADAPTABILITY

Interoperability

Flexibility

Is Everything.

Built for Warfighter Realities,
Proven in Real Conditions

Go behind-the-scenes of RAD's first live-fire test in North Alabama and hear stories from the engineers who built it.

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Introducing SAIC’s Reconfigurable
Air Defense (RAD)

Radically Adaptable to Weapons

Designed through Soldier workshops and technical exchanges, RAD integrates into the force as it exists today, placing no added burden on units.

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Radically Flexible to Platforms

RAD reconfigures quickly in the field and adapts across formations using tactical and support vehicles already in operation.

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Radically Interoperable

RAD is sensor, network, C2 and EW agnostic, connecting maneuver forces to a shared operational picture across the battlespace.

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Future integration

The Benefits of RAD

Built for warfighter realities and proven in real conditions, SAIC’s RAD delivers a radical advantage that warfighters need to deal with the rapid proliferation of unmanned and low-cost aerial threats.

Soldier-DrivenDesigned through Soldier workshops and technical exchanges, RAD integrates into the force as it exists today, placing no added burden on units.

Tested and ProvenValidated prototype live-fire tested in North Alabama and at Project Flytrap 5.0, ready for field deployment.

Scale your defenses without scaling your forces

Traditional weapon system development starts with a product and asks warfighters to adapt their mission around it. We think that's backwards, so RAD is weapon and vehicle agnostic.

It can integrate with any existing vehicle in the Army fleet without modification
Can fit any MOSA-specific weapons systems, with easily swappable sensors and effectors
Future-proofed for systems and platforms of today, and systems and platforms to come.

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WEAPONDroneInterceptors

Future

WEAPONStinger

WEAPONAPKWS

WEAPONXM914 30mm
Chain Gun

WEAPON.50 Cal/
7.62mm/M134

WEAPONEnforceAir 2

WEAPONPulsar

WEAPONNGSRI

Future

WEAPONDRONESENTRY-X

WEAPONLaser

Future

WEAPONHigh-Power Microwave

Future

PLATFORMGround/
Building/Structure

PLATFORMFMTV

PLATFORMHMMWV

PLATFORMISV

PLATFORMJLTV

PLATFORMUGV

RANGE

Low

Medium

Medium-Low

Medium-High

High

Mobility

Low

Medium

High

Collateral Damage

Low

Medium-Low

Medium

High

Survivability

Low

Medium-Low

Medium

Medium - High

High

BEST AGAINST

Group 1, 2, 3

Group 1, 2

Group 3, RW, FW

Group 2, 3

Group 1, 2 - esp. swarms

Group 1, 2, 3 (under T&E)

OPERATONAL NOTES

XM914 30mm chain gun

Fires the XM211 High Explosive Proximity (HEP) round for CUAS threats
Can also engage ground threats

.50 Cal/7.62mm/M134

Can also engage ground threats

Stinger

Primarily an Air Defense weapon targeting manned FW Attack and RW aircraft.
High Cost per Kill for CUAS threats

NGSRI

Primarily an Air Defense weapon targeting manned FW Attack and RW aircraft.
High Cost per Kill for CUAS threats

Coyote Block II

Requires KuRFS radar

APKWS

Requires a laser designator

DroneSentryX

RF Jammer that provides non-kinetic defeat

Pulsar

RF Jammer that provides non-kinetic defeat

EnforceAir 2

Cyber Takeover system that provides non-kinetic defeat

Drone Interceptors

There are 2 primary types - reusable and hard kill. Reusable interceptors have longer range and low cost per kill, but require up front costs for launch system.
Hard kill have shorter ranges and higher cost per kill

Laser

Generally require between 10kW and 35kW to defeat Group 1-3 threats
SWAP is an issue for maneuver platforms

High-Power Microwave

Effects vary depending on circuitry of UAS.
Best against swarming and fiber-optic controlled UAS.
Low collateral effects and open API to tailor fields of fire to protect critical sensors and comms.

Ground/Building/Structure

Base defense or fixed asset coverage
Urban environments

FMTV

Semi-forward
High payload and power capacity

HMMWV

Unarmored versions used for rear areas, bases and lower threat zones.
Armored versions used more forward.
Widely available at low cost

ISV

Highly mobile for expeditionary light forces and dispersed ops
Best for complex or hard-to-reach terrain
Easy to conceal and rapidly reposition

JLTV

Convoy protection and mobile CUAS patrols in forward environments
Trail and rough road access

UGV

Can be paired with manned platforms for increased lethality and survivability

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Meet the key team members behind RAD:

Bret Kortie

Wesley Robinson

Scott McClellan

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So what I'd like to say from SAIC and a former warfighter is that we are doing everything we can to give the best, most maintainable, sustainable, safe systems for our warfighters to do what they have to do to serve their country.”

Bret Kortie

Chief Engineer

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What's rad about RAD? Its flexibility and how we can employ it, the weapons systems that we can place on it and who can employ it—the soldiers who need it today.

Scott Mcclellan

Military Operations Director

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We want the feedback. We want to make the soldiers happy. We want to give them the system that they want, that they need. To have a system this lethal that's also this maneuverable is huge compared to what they have now.

Wesley Robinson

Software Engineer Manager

Ready to learn more about RAD?

To get updates on what's next for RAD, including future soldier touchpoints and tests, contact Scott McClellan, RAD Program Manager and Director, Military Operations at RAD@saic.com .

Our engineers are always looking for warfighter feedback to continuously improve RAD. Tell us your challenges and set up a briefing with our team.

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