
The Defense Department’s Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Office (JCO) has completed its second semi-annual demonstration at Yuma Proving Ground focused on ground-launched aerial denial and handheld and dismounted systems. The demonstrations took place over a three-week period and included five vendors--Northrop Grumman [NOC], Smart Shooter, Flex Force, IXI, and Drone Shield--JCO officials told reporters in a call on Sept. 24. The handheld systems, DroneGun mkIII from Drone Shield and DroneKiller from IXI, “did effectively engage targets that were…