Editing FIM-92 Stinger (section)

===Replacement===
The original Stinger's reprogrammable microprocessor has become obsolete in 2023, and a service life extension will keep the Block I in service until 2030. With the arsenal declining from obsolescence, on 10 November 2020 the U.S. Army issued a request for information for a replacement MANPADS. The new system will be compatible with the Stinger Vehicle Universal Launcher used on the [[Stryker#SHORAD|IM-SHORAD]] and be able to defeat fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, as well as [[U.S. military UAS groups|Group 2 and 3 UAS]] as well as or better than the Stinger. A contract for up to 8,000 missiles is planned to be awarded by 2026.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://aviationweek.com/special-topics/air-dominance/us-army-opens-5-year-search-stinger-missile-replacement |title=U.S. Army Opens 5-Year Search For Stinger Missile Replacement |work=[[Aviation Week]] |date=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://taskandpurpose.com/military-tech/army-stringer-missile-replacement |title=The Army is hunting for a replacement for its man-portable Stinger missile |work=Task & Purpose |date=14 November 2020}}</ref> The request for information to interested firms only went out in April 2022,<ref>{{cite news |last=Saballa |first=Joe |title= US Army Seeks Aging Stinger Missiles Replacement |url= https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/04/08/us-army-stinger-replacement/ |access-date=16 April 2022 |work=The Defense Post |date=8 April 2022}}</ref> and [[RTX_Corporation|RTX]] and [[Lockheed Martin]] were selected to competitively develop the Stinger replacement in September 2023.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2023/10/09/us-army-pursues-faster-more-survivable-stinger-missile-replacement/ |title=US Army pursues faster, more survivable Stinger missile replacement |work=[[Defense News]] |first=Jen |last=Judson |date=9 October 2023 |access-date=2024-04-13}}</ref>

According to Reuters, the U.S. government has signed a contract for 1,468 Stingers worth a total of $687 million, to replenish stock sent to Ukraine.<ref name=2023refill/> Raytheon Chief Executive Greg Hayes said on 26 April 2022: "Some of the components are no longer commercially available, and so we're going to have to go out and redesign some of the electronics in the missile of the seeker head. That's going to take us a little bit of time".<ref name=2023refill>{{cite news |title= US buys more Stingers to refill stock sent to Ukraine: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/27/us-buys-more-stingers-to-refill-stock-sent-to-ukraine-reuters |access-date=27 May 2022 |publisher= Al Jazeera|date=27 May 2022}}</ref>

In January 2023, the U.S. Army said it expected to increase Stinger production to 60 missiles per month by 2025, an increase of 50% from the current rate. The Dual Detector Assembly (DDA) will be redesigned because a previous DDA part is no longer being made. The old DDA will continue to be used in production up until stocks are exhausted, which is expected by 2026 when deliveries of Stingers with the new component are expected to begin.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=25 January 2023|title=Stinger missile production to rise 50% by 2025, US Army says|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/stinger-missile-production-to-rise-50-by-2025-us-army-says|access-date=|website=[[Janes Information Services]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125194111/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/stinger-missile-production-to-rise-50-by-2025-us-army-says|archive-date=25 January 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>