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![Amid Ukraine and Israel conflicts, Pentagon acquisition chief sees counter-drone ‘crisis’](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/09/7179468-scaled-e1662746410966-225x150.jpg)
“It is an urgent issue. … We need counter UAS capabilities at scale,” said Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante. “We need lots of money, we need production lines to go up fast.”
By Michael Marrow![Army on the hunt for counter-drone tech as firms show off c-UAS solutions](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/03/220309_DVIDS_drone_swarm_5356116-scaled-e1664320365372-225x150.jpg)
Counter-drone strategy was a key theme at this year’s AUSA conference, ahead of an Army challenge to industry to take out dozens of UAVs at a time.
By Michael Marrow![Why countering small UAS and swarms demands highly capable radars](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/10/RADAs-RPS-82-ieMHR-radar-can-detect-a-Group-1-drone-at-10-kilometers-and-if-a-target-is-bigger-than-Group-1-it-can-see-even-farther-than-that.-225x150.jpg)
Threatened by drones that can work collaboratively and without GPS or a command link, it’s important to have radars that can detect hundreds of incoming tracks so they can be defeated.
By Breaking Defense![The ‘Kinetic Pendulum’: How the Army wants to defeat drone threats](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/09/5188757-e1662743711528-225x150.jpg)
Advanced capabilities, like lasers and high-power microwave, will have to work in tandem with bullets or jamming to defeat drones threats as they evolve.
By Andrew Eversden![Army RCCTO pursues drone swarming capability after first contract award](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/03/220309_DVIDS_drone_swarm_5356116-scaled-e1664320365372-225x150.jpg)
“It’s one thing to do a coordinated attack that looks like a swarm. It’s another thing to have one operator, multiple devices, some seeking, some looking for targets, some killing targets and interacting together without you pushing a button,” Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood said.
By Jaspreet Gill![COVID-19, Supply Chain Issues Hampering Pentagon’s Quest To Buy Counter-Drone Tech](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2021/10/6598853-scaled-225x150.jpg)
Half of the companies invited to participate in a counter-drone demonstration this September ended up skipping it due to COVID-19.
By Valerie Insinna![Directed Energy: From Counter-Drone To Force Fields?](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2021/07/THOR-directed-energy-weapon-225x150.jpeg)
“We’re painting with broad strokes, but we’re diving into what missions of the future will look like. The technology is not quite Star Wars, but we’re getting close,” said Jeremy Murray-Krezan, AFRL’s directed energy deputy chief scientist, says.
By Theresa Hitchens![Next DoD Counter-Drone Demo May Expand Kill Options](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2021/04/JCO-counterdrone-demo-April-2021-225x150.jpeg)
“I think it’s September you’ll see us open up up the aperture, looking at other capabilities besides low collateral effects,” said Stan Darbro, Army RCCTO deputy.
By Theresa Hitchens![DoD Likely To Miss 2021 Deadline For Counter-Drone Weapon](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2021/02/Army-counterdrone-training-in-Iraq-225x150.jpg)
“Low-collateral effect interceptors” against small drones would be used in “defeating small UAS in urban environments, over sensitive sites, or situations where the rules of engagement would not allow kinetic effects,” DoD’s solicitation to industry says.
By Theresa Hitchens![DoD Drone Strategy Focuses On Low-End Threats – Not Nation-States](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2021/01/5356105-225x150.jpg)
In April, the Yuma, Ariz. test range will host a competition of “low collateral damage” countermeasures designed to stop mini-drones without firing a shot. But can such a restrained approach stop the drone swarms Russia and others are developing?
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![New Counter Drone Strategy Hits Esper’s Desk](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2020/06/4912157-225x150.jpg)
A parallel joint requirements document will be briefed to industry Oct. 30, Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey, head of the Joint Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems office, says.
By Theresa Hitchens![Troops To Test AFRL’s THOR Drone Killer This Fall](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2020/07/THOR-AFRL-HPM-190924-F-F3456-1001-e1706131443908-225x150.jpeg)
THOR puts high-powered microwaves to fry drone swarms’ electronics in a rugged and deployable package.
By Theresa Hitchens