US Army Aviation targets increased UAS and CUAS capabilities
An MQ-9 Reaper drone preparing for takeoff at Laguna Army Airfield, Arizona, earlier this year. (Photo: US Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Elizabeth Gallagher)
Senior US Army Aviation commanders have called for its evolving focus on integrating unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and counter-unmanned aerial systems (CUAS) into their operations to increase without creating a drone corps or investing in “20-year programmes”.
The importance of UAS and CUAS for combat operations was discussed by the commanders at day-long conference themed “Decisive in the Air-Ground-Littoral” and organised by the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) earlier this month in Washington DC. The gathering, which included the vice-chief of the Army and representatives from several US Army Aviation units and centres, focused on the
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