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USAF 621st Contingency Response Wing Lays Out Need for C-UAS

USAF 621st Contingency Response Wing Lays Out Need for C-UAS
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Redden, 820th Base Defense Group small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) program manager demonstrates to airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing how to operate a sUAS for military missions on Aug. 13th at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. (Air Force Photo)

Air Mobility Command's (AMC) 621st Contingency Response Wing (CRW) out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. and Travis AFB, Calif., wants small handheld units to counter unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS). "In order to operate in a contested environment, and enable Mobility Air Force Agile Combat Employment, AMC must make immediate investments in C-UAS equipment for CR forces," according to a Thursday business notice. "As 'first-in' forces providing the Open the Airbase Force Element, CR requires a capability to combat adversary drones…

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