Sunday, October 7, 2018

Army, Air Force Fielding Drone-Hunting System That Can Fit on a Pickup Truck

"NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- A lightweight system designed to hunt down and neutralize enemy unmanned aerial systems of any size can be modified to fit on a tactical vehicle or even a commercial-model pickup truck, staff with research and development company SRC Inc. said this week.
SRC's Silent Archer counter-UAS technology began to deploy to undisclosed locations overseas with the Army earlier this year as part of the service's existing Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) Low-Slow-Small UAS Integrated Defeat System (LIDS) program, said Bob Alger, the company's director of business development. The Air Force is expected to receive the technology this fall for use stateside with its air defense-focused MEDUSA project, with a requirement to deploy it downrange shortly, he added..."

at https://www.military.com/defensetech/2018/09/18/army-air-force-fielding-drone-hunting-system-can-fit-pickup-truck.html

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