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Unmanned Systems

DoD Counter-Drone Task Force Award Imminent For Command And Control System

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 5th, 2026

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DoD Counter-Drone Task Force Award Imminent For Command And Control System

Wreckage of a Shahed 136 drone in Ukraine (Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise Photo)

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—An award is expected within 10 days for a mission command system to link disparate counter-drone systems into a single user interface, the director of the department’s task force focused on counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) efforts said on Thursday. A contractor has been selected for the common C-UAS mission command system and negotiations for an enterprise-wide licensing agreement are being finalized, Army Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, director of the Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) 401, said during an…

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