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Counter-Drone Office Plans Evaluations Of As-A-Service and High Power Microwave Solutions

Counter-Drone Office Plans Evaluations Of As-A-Service and High Power Microwave Solutions
Air Force Research Laboratory's Tactical High Power Responder developed for airbase defense. Photo: AFRL Directed Energy Directorate

The Defense Department’s office assessing defenses against small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) is seeking white paper submissions leading to operational assessments next spring of counter-sUAS (C-sUAS)-as-a-service and of high-power microwave (HPM) solutions that can defeat drones. For the HPM assessment, the Joint C-sUAS Office (JCO) says it is seeking fixed ground-based solutions at a technology readiness level of six, which essentially refers to a prototype system and has been tested in a high-fidelity laboratory environment or simulated operational setting. The…

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