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Marines Want Counter UAS Solutions To Protect Installations

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, November 16th, 2022

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Marines Want Counter UAS Solutions To Protect Installations

The popular quadcopter UAV developed by China's DJI. These recreation drones can be a nuisance or a threat in some areas. Photo: DJI

The Marine Corps this week issued a notice seeking industry ideas to address a force protection capability gap the Marines have in protecting their installations from the threat of small drones. “This gap presents a significant vulnerability to the security, safety, and protection of personnel, facilities and assets,” says the Nov. 15 Request for Information for Installation-Counter small UAS (I-CsUAS). The RFI says the Marine Corps is looking for solutions to detect, identify, track and defeat small unmanned aircraft systems…

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