counter-UAS Archives

JAGM rendering (Image courtesy of Lockheed Martin)

Marines to give air-to-ground missile new counter-drone capabilities

The 2025 Marine Aviation Plan was released Monday.

Feb 3, 2025 By Jon Harper

Daniel Driscoll testifies at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be secretary of the Army, Jan, 30, 2025. (Screenshot from video on Congress.gov)

Trump’s nominee for Army secretary calls for buying more commercial off-the-shelf tech

Daniel Driscoll told senators that the Army should purchase more non-developmental solutions for drones and other technologies to help speed the delivery of new capabilities to soldiers.

Jan 30, 2025 By Jon Harper

L3Harris wants to apply VAMPIRE anti-drone system to the maritime environment

The company is looking to apply proven technology for new use cases as a means of getting capabilities to the field faster.

Jan 29, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

Rendering of hypervelocity projectile (Credit: BAE Systems)

Army to sole-source deal for hypervelocity projectiles, drone-killing artillery cannon

The Army plans to spend about $646 million total on the MDAC system project in fiscal 2025-2027, according to budget documents.

Dec 27, 2024 By Jon Harper

Photo of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Headquarters building on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. (DoD illustration by Lewis Carlyle)

DOD poised to respond if unidentified drones over New Jersey ‘escalate to threaten’ military assets

Multiple Pentagon and military components are actively monitoring the situation.

Dec 12, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Peter Grasso, an aviation communication technician with 3d Low Altitude Air Defense, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362 (Rein.), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, controls a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System to conduct counter unmanned aerial surveillance aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Dec. 14, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carl Matthew Ruppert)

DIU confronting C2 challenge for counter-drone phase of Replicator

"For Replicator 2, we have a similar challenge with command and control across these systems, so we're starting that now. And so we're going to get ahead…

Dec 12, 2024 By Jon Harper

(Graphics by Art Armendariz. Source: DVIDS)

NDAA directs Pentagon’s UAP office to team with new counter-drone task force

The legislation would require the department's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office to liaise with a new "C-UAS Task Force."

Dec 10, 2024 By Jon Harper

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, use an FIM-92 Stinger and a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System to defend against unmanned aerial systems threats during a strait transit exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 12, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms)

New classified plan seeks to unify DOD’s approach for countering enemy drones

The Pentagon is moving to adapt as uncrewed adversarial systems are disrupting operations on and off the battlefield.

Dec 5, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brayden Westcott, a Midland, Texas native and a low altitude air defense gunner assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, sets up a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System during a ground-based air defense exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-25 at Tacts Airfield near Wellton, Arizona, Oct. 10, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Maurion Moore)

Marines putting L-MADIS counter-drone system through tactics course for the first time

The Light Marine Air-Defense Integrated System will be going through a Marine Corps Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course, allowing the Corps to develop standardized procedures.

Oct 11, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Sept. 13, 2024. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

Exclusive: Defense Secretary Austin unveils aims to push counter-UAS tech in Replicator 2.0

DefenseScoop has exclusive details on what's to come under Replicator 2.0 via a memorandum signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Sep 30, 2024 By Brandi Vincent Mikayla Easley