counter-UAS Archives

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.

2 days ago 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…

2 days ago 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."

4 days ago 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

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

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