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DIU Solicits For Speedy, Autonomous Counter-Drone Command And Control Capability

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, December 11th, 2024

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DIU Solicits For Speedy, Autonomous Counter-Drone Command And Control Capability

The Coyote Block 2 counter-drone weapon and KuRFS radar worked together to detect and engage a target in a test over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. (Photo: U.S. Army)

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week asked for solutions that would significantly reduce the time it takes warfighters at the tactical edge to detect and defeat threats multiple unmanned aircraft systems at once. DIU warns in a problem statement for the Forward Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems Command and Control System (FCUAS C2) that current C2 systems cannot operate within the decision loop to detect, track, identify, and defeat UAS threats, and highlights that as the threat increases, a single…

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