counter-drone Archives

Army awards big contract for Coyote interceptors amid growing demand for counter-drone weapons

Army leaders want more tools to protect soldiers from adversaries’ unmanned aerial systems, which have become a growing threat on modern battlefields

Sep 27, 2024 By Jon Harper

Marines to get new drone-killing microwave weapon designed for expeditionary ops

The Leonidas Expeditionary system is being developed for the Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm (ExDECS) initiative.

Sep 23, 2024 By Jon Harper

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Connor Reddy, low altitude air defense (LAAD) gunner, 3rd LAAD Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, scouts the area during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-19 at Range 220 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 26, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colton Brownlee)

Marines searching for AI-enabled sensors to detect and track unmanned systems, other targets

The Corps is eyeing a potential acquisition for its Observation and Sensing System (OSS) program.

Aug 22, 2024 By Jon Harper

Autonomous underwater robot drone for seabed exploration and deep sea video filming in wireframe low poly mesh. (Getty Images)

Navy to test automated target recognition capabilities for undersea warfare

Technology Operational Experimentation Event 25.2 is part of a campaign led by the Office of Naval Research-Global.

Aug 13, 2024 By Jon Harper

KuRFS and Coyote provide the detect and defeat components of the U.S. Army’s counter-UAS solution, called LIDS: the Low, slow, small, unmanned aircraft Integrated Defeat System. (RTX image)

Pentagon to test whether counter-drone systems can operate effectively under electronic attack

The event is being planned as concerns grow about the threats posed by adversaries' unmanned aerial systems and electronic warfare arsenals.

Jul 25, 2024 By Jon Harper

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gabriel Schultis, a motor transport operator attached to 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, shoots an M16A4 service rifle during company field exercise 1-23 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 13, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Atticus Martinez)

Marines on the hunt for rifle-mounted jammers to defeat enemy drones

The Marine Corps sent a sources-sought notice to industry as it looks for solutions to meet an “emerging urgent requirement."

Jul 15, 2024 By Jon Harper

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-RI) (L) and ranking member Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) talk before a confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Senators amplify concerns about pace of fielding AI-enabled counter-drone systems

A report accompanying the Senate version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act highlighted members’ concerns about where things stand.

Jul 12, 2024 By Jon Harper

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea, Oct. 19, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau)

DIU helping Navy find cheaper drone interceptors

The Defense Innovation Unit is soliciting industry to support its Counter NEXT initiative.

Jun 17, 2024 By Jon Harper

Army rechristens drone-killing maneuver air defense system, eyes next increments

The Army unveiled a new name for M-SHORAD increment one as it plans for future increments designed to protect troops from drones and other overhead threats on…

Jun 15, 2024 By Jon Harper

Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) along with The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) participate in a Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle (JTARV) exercise on Fort A.P. Hill, Va., September 22, 2017. (U.S. Army photos by Pfc. Gabriel Silva)

White House bashes idea of creating Army Drone Corps

"A Drone Corps would create an unwarranted degree of specialization and limit flexibility to employ evolving capabilities," the Biden administration said in a statement.

Jun 11, 2024 By Jon Harper