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JCO Assesses Industry’s Counter-Drone Swarming Tech In ‘Most Challenging’ Demo To Date

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JCO Assesses Industry’s Counter-Drone Swarming Tech In ‘Most Challenging’ Demo To Date
The Joint C-sUAS Office (JCO) hosted its fifth industry demonstration at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona from June 3-28, 2024 focused on systems capable of detecting and defeating swarms of small UAS. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army-led office spearheading counter-UAS efforts recently held its “most challenging” industry demonstration to date, with eight vendors showcasing solutions for defeating drone swarms that could be selected for further prototyping next fiscal year. Officials from the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) told reporters on Tuesday that industry’s offerings at the demo showed “very good effectiveness” in scenarios that included up to 50 UAS targets “converging on a defended area” at once. “Although I can’t discuss at this…

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