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DHS To Evaluate Counter-Small UAS Technologies

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, February 27th, 2017

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DHS To Evaluate Counter-Small UAS Technologies

CACI International sells its SkyTracker Counter UAS solutions for detecting, tracking and mitigating potential drone threats. Graphic: CACI International

The Department of Homeland Security this summer plans to begin assessing systems that can be used to detect, identify and track small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) in urban areas, giving technology developers an opportunity to test their systems in urban applications and allowing the department’s Science and Technology (S&T) branch to evaluate them in an operationally relevant setting.The testing this summer will give way to further assessments in the fall to quantify the counter-sUAS system performance, again in “urban clutter…

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