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Unmanned Systems

Gainey Touts Coyote In Countering Group 3 Drones; Need For Layered System Of Systems

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 8th, 2023

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Gainey Touts Coyote In Countering Group 3 Drones; Need For Layered System Of Systems

The RTX Coyote small unmanned aerial system (UAS). Photo: Defense Daily.

An expendable drone developed by RTX [RTX] has proven critical in countering other unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in two combatant commands (COCOMs) but generally a system-of-systems approach is necessary to counter the range of unmanned aircraft threats U.S. forces are facing abroad, the head of the Defense Department’s efforts to assess and develop counter-measures to these threats said on Tuesday. Initial deployments of counter-small UAS (C-sUAS) systems showed that standalone technologies were not that good, meaning they were effective less…

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