“This CSO will enable the Army to rapidly acquire and deliver innovative solutions to the Warfighter using commercial technology," officials wrote in a solicitation.

Gen. Alex Grynkewich, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, testified Thursday at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

Its guidance for uniform, data-backed testing and an acknowledgment of privacy protections related to UAS employment in the U.S. comes amid keen public interest over counter-drone systems,…

The announcement comes after lawmakers from both parties criticized interagency coordination over the use of domestic counter-drone technology in the wake of back-to-back incidents in Texas last…

“I did go to Ukraine, and I went to understand the technology that they’re using to protect their sites and their people from the threat of unmanned…

This is the second counter-UAS incident in less than a month that has revealed interagency turmoil over the employment of stateside anti-drone capabilities.

CSOs are intended to cut bureaucratic red tape and help the government onboard new tech faster, including from nontraditional vendors.

“I see us using low-collateral kinetic interceptors at all installations in the homeland,” Brig. Gen. Matt Ross told reporters.

Countering drones in the U.S. is complex and has been a yearslong, thorny problem for the military.

The service wants acoustic detection solutions for Group 1 and Group 2 UAS for dismounted troops.