US seeks new portable anti-air missile to replace the Stinger
The U.S. Army is seeking to upgrade its Stinger man-portable air-defense system so that soldiers can shoot down aircraft more efficiently.
“The current Stinger inventory is in decline,” the U.S. Army wrote in a March 28 solicitation posted on Sam.gov. “The Army plans to begin design, development, and test of a replacement missile in FY23 leading to the production of 10,000 M-Shorad Inc. 3 missiles beginning in FY27.”

FILE: US soldiers aim a Stinger missile launcher during a military exercise in Yeonchun, South Korea (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
The Army’s plans to overhaul its Stingers, calls for “soldier-portable” solutions, but notes that the system must be able to integrate with the Stinger Vehicle Universal Launcher.
The new Stingers must be able to destroy helicopters and planes “with capabilities equal to or greater than the current Stinger missile.”
“The system must provide improved target acquisition with increased lethality and ranges over current capability,” the Army said in its RFI. “Candidate solutions must be capable and suitable for maneuver force operations in all battlefield environments.”
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We were just discussing that the Stinger was kinda long in the tooth.
I will give them an address where they can send all of the extras they no longer want.
Heck, I might even pick them up.