AUSA NEWS: Department of Defense to regularly handle industrial anti-drone technology
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The Pentagon’s joint counter-small drone systems office contractors plan to host industry rallies twice a year to demonstrate their technology to defeat enemy drones, officials said October 11.
A small non-governmental UAS has already been seen on the battlefields of the Middle East. They can be used for espionage, surveillance, espionage and strike missions, said Col. Robert Hensley, the office’s chief of staff.
While traditional air defense systems have a mission to defeat large drone strikes, the Department of Defense needs other technologies to deal with small platforms.
The department recently launched a series of industry fairs in Uma Proving Grade, Arizona, looking for innovations to combat U.S. military disaster. Going forward, the Hensley Office plans to continue hosting them for half a year.
“It’s really about coming up with new solutions: material solutions, non-material solutions,” he said at the U.S. Army’s annual conference in Washington, DC. This technology is improving rapidly. We cannot enter into a strong process. We are preparing routes to board the ship [capabilities] To make sure we deliver the latest technology to the fighter. ”
The first installment in the series took place in April and showed “low security results hacking.” Three vendors participated.
“The demonstration will support future development efforts to develop small-scale security forces in the area against the small U.S.,” said Greg Suleiman, head of the Procurement and Wealth Division of the Joint Disability-Droning Office.
The second event in September included five industry participants and included ground-based air pollution and hand-held solutions, sliders said.
They include ground reduction capabilities that do not have a flight terminal guide that overcomes one or more small UAS, and capabilities that are attached to the equipment by hand or service members when performing discounted operations.
The third show, scheduled for April 2022, will explore the industry’s high-powered microwave ovens as well as anti-UAs-as-a-service solutions, Sule said.
“We intend to provide industries with recurring opportunities in the future on a semi-annual basis, each with their own focus.”
The Pentagon is looking for anti-drone technologies that fall into the six “requirements capacity” to include command-and-control and equipment to identify, monitor, identify, command and defeat enemy systems.
“We have heard from many industry partners to show what skills they have developed or improved using their own R&D dollars,” Sole said. “This Is Their Chance”
Before choosing which companies will be invited to the rallies, the Department of Defense will issue white papers or other questions to find out what the industry has to offer.
The small UAS office is interested in finding “better, faster, and cheaper” technologies that can fill capacity gaps or existing solutions.
“If their product fills a gap for us, the next step is to bring the services and let them know what we saw there,” Sulu said. If the services are in demand, he said, the office will begin the process “at an altitude” and follow its lead.
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