"We've got a wide variety of counter-UAS tools, and I actually think that we need all of them, because depending on where you are or what threat you're focused on, your requirements will be slightly different,” Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, commander of JIATF 401, said.
“We’re between [about] one and two incursions per day” at DoD installations, said NORTHCOM Commander Gen. Gregory Guillot. “I don't know if the problem's worse, or we have more systems out there that can detect them.”
Six companies have already signed up for a new flight-test program to mature their autonomy software.
INDOPACOM had the biggest request of these five COCOMS, asking for nearly $12 billion in additional funding.
The move comes after President Donald Trump has called for US control over the Danish territory.
“We are actively working to disrupt these networks, intercept their communications and dismantle their digital infrastructure," said Ashley Manning, the Defense Secretary’s chief cyber advisor.
The LCD systems will “help to minimize risk to friendly forces, civilians, and infrastructure in the homeland and abroad,” DIU said in the release.
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Though US Northern Command's chief has blamed hobbyists for most incidents, a senior official told lawmakers that US adversaries have shown they're not above suspicion.
“To be clear, we are not cancelling the F-35 contract, but we need to do our homework given the changing environment ...,” a spokesperson for Canadian Minister of Defense Bill Blair told Breaking Defense.
Breaking Defense obtained a list of the 17 priority categories that are to be financially protected in FY26.
Pentagon leaders have not yet had to pull troops away from other missions outside of the US for this one or trade future mission readiness, the military official added, but acknowledged that could become a factor going forward.
The U.S. Army’s MAPS Gen II program of record for assured PNT provides an authoritative and reliable source of truth for combat vehicles in a highly contested battlespace.
After a presidential directive, the DoD now has 40 days to craft a commander’s estimate of just what it will take to “seal the borders and maintain the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security of the United States.”
“One of the key things about Falcon Peak is it offers not just the opportunity to look at the technology that's being tested, but also at our processes," a senior DoD official told reporters.
“By all indications, sUAS will present a safety and security risk to military installations and other critical infrastructure for the foreseeable future,” said NORTHCOM chief Gen. Gregory Guillot.
Most cases are probably just hobbyists flying too close, according to Gen. Gregory Guillot, who said he has not seen evidence of a concerted campaign by an adversary to fly small drones over US bases.