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AFRL Seeking Innovations For C-sUAS “Kill Chain And Point Defense”

AFRL Seeking Innovations For C-sUAS “Kill Chain And Point Defense”
Pictured is a U.S. Air Force photo of Staff Sgt. Michael Jestes, drone innovation lead at the 56th Fighter Wing, observing a small drone in flight on Nov. 21 at Luke AFB, Ariz. The wing's Spark Cell develops technologies in various areas, including small drones.

Over the next five years, the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) site in Rome, N.Y., may award $499 million in counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) research contracts under the Multi-Domain Force Applications and Traffic Management for Unmanned Aircraft Systems program. A single contract may reach $99 million, though the normal award will range from $500,000 to $20 million, AFRL said. Last week, the lab said in a business notice that it is "seeking innovative research to enhance C-sUAS kill chain…

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