What will next-gen counter-UAS capabilities for the US look like?
A drone flies near the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham. (Photo: US Navy)
Future US counter-uncrewed aerial system solutions are likely to require a flexible, multi-layered approach to tackle a broad spectrum of new threats as they emerge.
Increasing the protection against uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been a growing concern for the US military as the deployment doctrine and the drones are rapidly evolving. As a result, both the Pentagon and industry have been increasing efforts to foresee what tomorrow’s counter-uncrewed aerial system (CUAS) solutions will look like.
Affordability, flexibility, precision, rapid deployment, resilience and an open architecture are among the features the US Department of Defense (DoD) has been prioritising. The capabilities might also be dual-use, artificial intelligence-driven and capable of providing mass defence.
“The wide breadth of this threat requires ‘no one size’
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