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Army Planning Demo Of Systems To Counter Group 3 UAS

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 19th, 2022

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Army Planning Demo Of Systems To Counter Group 3 UAS

Group 3 UAS include systems like Textron's RQ-7 Shadow. Photo: Textron

The Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft System Office (JCO) plans to hold a demonstration next spring of industry capabilities in countering Group 3 UAS, which are those with a maximum gross take-off weight less than 1,320 pounds. The JCO and Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) this week asked industry and other potential offerors for white papers to gauge interest in demonstrating fixed or mobile C-sUAS capabilities to defeat Group 3 sUAS at distances of late least 4 kilometers…

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