At the center of the Emirati package is the Coyote Block 2 All-Up-Round, which gives FS-LIDS its dedicated kinetic defeat option. The Coyote family was developed as a compact, rail-launched interceptor designed specifically to engage small unmanned aircraft systems, and the Block 2 version has become one of the most visible U.S. responses to the growing drone threat. Its configuration, which combines high-speed engagement characteristics with a dedicated counter-UAS role, makes it particularly relevant for a country such as the UAE, where the likely mission set includes the defense of air bases, ports, command centers, logistics nodes and energy infrastructure against one-way attack drones and other small aerial targets. Rather than using larger and more expensive surface-to-air missiles for every low-end threat, a system built around Coyote Block 2 offers a more tailored response to the problem of repeated drone incursions and saturation attempts.

