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SASC Wants The Joint Back In Joint C-sUAS Office With Transfer To OSD

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, July 11th, 2025

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SASC Wants The Joint Back In Joint C-sUAS Office With Transfer To OSD

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

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is recommending that leadership of a Defense Department office charged with assessing counter-drone technologies and developing related requirements and training be transferred from the Army to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) because the effort lacks multi-service jointness. The recommendation, which would have to be agreed to by the House Armed Services Committee, is mentioned in an executive summary of the SASC version of the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act.…

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