Kris Osborn
What if hundreds of small enemy micro-drone explosives descend upon an Army mechanized formation to overwhelm vehicle-mounted guns or other kinetic, on-the-move countermeasures, while an offensive armored convoy operation moves to “close with an enemy?”
Considering these kinds of contingencies, it would be difficult to underestimate the emphasis the Pentagon is now placing upon Counter-UAS given the scope and nature of the fast-evolving threat. Commercial and government entities such as Army Futures Command’s Army Applications Laboratory are fast expanding the operational sphere of C-UAS to include AI-enabled detection and discernment systems and new non-kinetic applications, yet staying in front of the threat is quite difficult given the pace at which weapons and drone applications are evolving.
“If you take a look at the recent wars between Russia and Ukraine and in the Middle East, you’re seeing a rise of autonomous systems. You’re seeing a rise of things in the cyber domain. And you’re seeing a rise of what I would call low cost lethality, low cost weapons systems,” Dr. Casey Perley, Director, Army Applications Laboratory, Army Futures Command, told Warrior in an interview.
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