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Army

Army Plans To Field Counter Small UAS Capabilities Throughout Divisions

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 11th, 2023

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Army Plans To Field Counter Small UAS Capabilities Throughout Divisions

The RTX Coyote small unmanned aerial system (UAS). Photo: Defense Daily.

The Army has fielded two divisions with counter-drone capabilities and the plan is to ultimately provide assets down to the platoon level that can counter small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), the head of the Defense Department’s office charged with doctrine, requirements, training, and material solutions to address threats from sUAS, said on Wednesday. The “intent” is to get these counter-sUAS capabilities into 10 divisions, Army Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey, director of the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) said…

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