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Army Official Lays Out 2025 Counter Drone Competitions

Army Official Lays Out 2025 Counter Drone Competitions
Brigadier General Frank Lozano, Program Executive Officer (PEO), Missiles and Space. He is responsible for the development, production, fielding, sustainment, and international program aspects for assigned missile and space systems. He assumed the position in August 2022. (Photo: U.S. Army)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – An Army acquisition official here this week laid out the fiscal year 2025 competition opportunities the service is exploring in counter-drone areas to ensure the service has the best systems going forward. “In FY 25 we're going to be competing a [Forward Area Air Defense , FAAD] command and control (C2) replacement, what we call IBCS Maneuver. We're going to be focusing on counter-UAS capabilities. So the intent…is to take what we have in IBCS, where we…

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