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Joint Counter-Drone Office Seeks Support For Future Swarm Target Demo

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, July 20th, 2023

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Joint Counter-Drone Office Seeks Support For Future Swarm Target Demo

Lockheed Martin's tube-launched MORFIUS. The system was used in a JCO counter-small UAS demonstration. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

The Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Office (JCO) next year plans to conduct a demonstration to counter warms of small drones and is seeking help with the planning for the exercise. The demonstration is planned for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024, which is the April through May 2024 period, and would feature drone swarm targets of at least 20 and up to 50 Group 1 and 2 aircraft at once and at least six Group 3 UAS…

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