Next Generation cUAS Missile (NGCM) — also marketed as Freedom Eagle-1. Kinetic counter-drone interceptor missile manufactured by aerovironment for the U.S. Army.
Procurement
- FY27 budget request: 24 NGCM units, embedded in a $132M Army “effectors” line that also funds 800 kinetic and 29 non-kinetic effectors (src-breaking-defense-army-1b-counter-drone-2026-05).
- Sits within the Army’s broader FY27 ~$994M small-counter-UAS portfolio, alongside the E-HEL directed-energy line and the legacy FoCUS program.
Related
- aerovironment
- enduring-high-energy-laser · family-of-counter-uas
- merops-interceptor (sister kinetic interceptor — different cost-curve)
- jiatf-401 · jiatf-401-marketplace
- src-breaking-defense-army-1b-counter-drone-2026-05