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Pentagon’s Counter-Drone Office Plans Swarm Destruction Demo in 2024

The Pentagon's counter-drone office is planning a demonstration to neutralize unmanned aircraft swarms in June 2024, as drone swarms are becoming a growing threat on the battlefield.

  • Editor Staff
  • August 11, 2023
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The Pentagon’s counter-drone office is planning a demonstration to neutralize unmanned aircraft swarms in June 2024, as drone swarms are becoming a growing threat on the battlefield. Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey, leader of the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office, emphasized the need for a layered approach, including electronic warfare and kinetic interceptors. The counter-drone office has released a request for industry whitepapers for demonstrations against small UAS Swarm systems. The U.S. military is actively seeking solutions as countries like Ukraine experience significant losses to drone attacks.
  

Key Points: 

  1. The use of drones, particularly coordinated swarms, is becoming a significant threat in modern warfare. This necessitates new defense mechanisms and strategies.
  2. The Pentagon’s counter-drone office will hold a demonstration in June 2024, focusing on neutralizing drone swarms. They are seeking industry input for “fixed/stationary or mobile/mounted Detect, Track, Identify, and/or Defeat (DTID) capabilities against [small UAS] Swarm systems.”
  3. Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey emphasized the need for a combination of electronic warfare, high-powered microwaves, and kinetic interceptors like guns to effectively counter large amounts of UAS.
  4. The counter-drone office, created in late 2019, has conducted four previous demonstrations, each focusing on different aspects of counter-drone technology. The U.S. military has also supplied Ukraine with counter-drone capabilities.
  5. The U.S. military has begun to employ counter-UAS as a service in different branches, including funding six sites for the Marine Corps, and employing two sites in the Army for fiscal 2024.

 

Source: https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/smd/2023/08/08/pentagons-counter-drone-office-to-demo-swarm-destruction-in-2024/ 

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