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Navy Issues RFI Survey For More Counter-Uncrewed Systems

Rich Abott — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:42:38 +0000

The Navy on Wednesday issued a Request for Information (RFI) survey to find a wider range of low collateral defeat (LCD) Counter Uncrewed Systems (C-UXS) solutions. According to the notice, […]

Lockheed Martin Reveals New Scalable Counter-Drone System

Rich Abott — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 22:15:32 +0000

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday said it recently conducted a field test for a new Scalable Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) Solution as part of a set of upcoming events. The […]

Army Official Lays Out 2025 Counter Drone Competitions

Rich Abott — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 19:48:56 +0000

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – An Army acquisition official here this week laid out the fiscal year 2025 competition opportunities the service is exploring in counter-drone areas to ensure the service has […]

Marine Corps Starts New Fusion Center To Transition Tech Past ‘Valley Of Death’

Rich Abott — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:28:42 +0000

The Marine Corps in recent months established a new Fusion Center in Quantico, Va., that seeks to streamline how to push new technology past development toward production. Marine Corps officials […]

JCO Looking to Scale Directed Energy Capabilities for C-sUAS

Kelsey Reichmann — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:34:08 +0000

The Joint Counter Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Office (JCO) is developing technologies like high energy lasers and high-powered microwave systems while simultaneously preparing for the testing of low collateral […]

JCO Releases Base Requirements For C-sUAS

Kelsey Reichmann — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 20:12:17 +0000

The Joint Counter Office (JCO) on Friday revealed base requirement capabilities for counter small unmanned aerial systems (C-sUAS) including command and control (C2), detect, track, identify, defeat, and exploit abilities […]

FAA Chooses Airports to Host Counter-UAS Testing As Drone Sightings Rise

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 20:49:13 +0000

The Federal Aviation Administration will select four airports nationwide to host some of its testing and evaluation of drone detection and mitigation systems as the agency works toward eventually publishing […]

No Clear Answers on How to Effectively Detect, Mitigate Drone Threats, Experts Say

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Wed, 27 May 2020 20:24:33 +0000

Successful defense against drone threats in commercial and military environments will require solving numerous challenges, according to experts speaking during a discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council — and there […]

Fortem’s F700 DroneHunter: Open Architecture Autonomous Drone-to-Drone Combat

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:25:03 +0000

Fortem Technologies released a new autonomous counter-drone solution it calls the F700 DroneHunter: a drone that can be mounted with a variety of countermeaures to protect refineries, stadiums and other […]

Counter-UAS Market Expanding Rapidly As Leaders Push for Near-Term Solutions

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 21:20:11 +0000

The global market for systems to defend against unmanned aircraft is growing rapidly as top Pentagon officials and members of Congress continue to prioritize their development and deployment across military […]

FAA Making Progress On Counter-UAS Plans

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:04:37 +0000

Members of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Drone Advisory Committee unanimously approved recommendations for the agency to consider regarding remote identification and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) security issues, which were highlighted […]