Sign In
Search
Army

Army’s Project Flytrap With U.K. Informs Layered Approach To Scaling Up New C-UAS Tech

Matthew Beinart By
SHARE:
Army’s Project Flytrap With U.K. Informs Layered Approach To Scaling Up New C-UAS Tech
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment test a new counter-unmanned aerial system during Project Flytrap at Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany, June 5, 2025. The Soldiers utilized Squarehead panels for acoustic detection of nearby unmanned aerial systems. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Elijah Magaña)

The Army last week concluded its first Project Flytrap large-scale counter-drone exercise alongside U.K. soldiers, which officials said has informed plans to take a layered approach to deploying new UAS defeat systems.   Army officials told reporters the event in Europe brought together more than 40 organizations and industry participants to test both kinetic and non-kinetic technologies, adding that getting after C-UAS capability gaps will require an “integrated, multi-system solution.” “When [we] say layered, what it really means is you’re going…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at clientservices@accessintel.com or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.

Recommended

Advanced / Transformational Technology

Army Corps Assessing Sensors, Software, C2 For C-UAS In Latest Scarlet Dragon Innovation Event

Advanced / Transformational Technology

No USAF Pursuit of NGAS, As Service Examines Future Self-Protection for Tankers

Advanced / Transformational Technology

Perennial Autonomy, Neros Take Top Spots In Drone Dominance Gauntlet II Competitions

Advanced / Transformational Technology

Lockheed Martin Vectis To Have ‘Almost F-35 Like Capabilities’

Trending

Lockheed Martin Vectis To Have ‘Almost F-35 Like Capabilities’
Pentagon Program Selects 17 Companies To Compete In Drone Bomber Qualifier
Northrop Expands B-21 Production Capacity With New Utah Facility
Space Force Looking to Future for RPO-Docking to Counter Space Threats
True Anomaly and Northrop Grumman Aiming to Build GHOST-R Prototypes to Reduce RG-XX Costs

Congress Updates

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]

Missile Defense

Fischer Says Golden Dome Boosters Need To Increase Capitol Hill Support With Information, Warns Against Counting On Reconciliation

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – A Senate Armed Services panel chair today said boosters of the Golden Dome program still have work to do to increase support on Capitol Hill while […]

Navy/USMC

HII Executive Outlines Its Shipbuilding Acceleration Strategy

An HII [HII] shipbuilding executive last week told lawmakers how the company plans to improve and accelerate shipbuilding throughout via workforce improvements, adding new shipbuilding infrastructure and reinforcing distributed shipbuilding […]

Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]

The Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers

Michael Harrison – SANS Institute

Force Multipliers

Michael DiOrio – Dataminr

Force Multipliers

Arne Brinck – Dark Wolf Solutions

Force Multipliers

Jags Kandasamy – Latent AI

Job Feed

Post a Job // Post a Resume