Pentagon wants a cheap, ground-launched and hand-held counter-drone capability
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Members of the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron demonstrate the use of a Dronebuster to counter small unmanned aerial systems on Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. (Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen/U.S Air Force)
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon wants industry to bring cheap, ground-launched capabilities as well as hand-held options to destroy small drones to its next demonstration in an effort to acquire new technology to combat the unmanned threat, according to a request for information posted May 7 to the federal contracting website beta.sam.gov.
The Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office and the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office are running the September 2021 demonstration. The JCO and RCCTO want whitepapers to help them choose participants who have possible solutions that fit either in the cheap, ground-launched counter-UAS capability or the hand-held systems categories.