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Army Seeks Industry’s Info On Gun-Based Counter-Drone, New Small UAS Solutions

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, March 4th, 2024

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Army Seeks Industry’s Info On Gun-Based Counter-Drone, New Small UAS Solutions

BlueHalo Recently Awarded Army RCCTO HIVE Contract for the Development of Offensive Swarming UAS. Photo: BlueHalo

The Army is seeking industry’s information on new turreted gun-based counter-drone capabilities and available small UAS solutions capable of rapid reconfiguration of mission payloads, according to a pair of notices published on Friday. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) wrote in one of the notices that it’s anticipating an upcoming requirement for a new gun-based C-UAS capability, with the new market survey intended to understand industry’s potential for “designing, documenting, manufacturing, and integrating” such a solution. “The purpose of this…

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