Giving counter-UAS operators 75 km of advance warning throws the advantage to them
SkyValor extends RF detection range, providing more time to assess and respond to drone threats.
“We're meeting with CENTCOM and doing the assessments right now from an installation perspective. Part of this is what will the global posture be in the future, and what does that require us to have?” a senior defense official told reporters today.
“The Ranger R10-3DX gives operators an affordable, compact, and highly capable radar solution that delivers the early warning and tracking performance needed to counter evolving drone threats," Rob Tarantino, senior vice president of Surveillance at Teledyne FLIR Defense, said.
There is no single answer to the drone threat, pushing the Pentagon toward a broader mix of defenses.
"Naturally, you cannot move everything underground. … So an important aspect is boosting Ukrainian anti-ballistic and anti-drone capabilities, which are already in critically short supply," Kateryna Chernohorenko, Ukraine's former deputy minister of defense for digital transformation, told Breaking Defense.
A dozen vendors came to Yuma Proving Ground during Falcon Peak 26.2 to test their counter drone tech. Their goal: win a Pentagon contract.
“It's not about the cost per round. It's about achieving operational success,” says Tom Karako from CSIS.
The Army is looking for interceptor component parts with the “primary objective” of providing a database that may be "leveraged in support of a future C-sUAS Interceptor program," a recent RFI states.
A spate of Russian drone incursions across Europe along with other uncrewed aerial system sightings disrupting critical infrastructure, including several airports, has led to NATO bolstering its presence on the Eastern Flank.