The following is the May 31, 2022, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Department of Defense Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Read More
Tag Archives: Ground Based Air Defense
GAO Report on Counter-Drone Technologies
The following is the March 15, 2022, Government Accountability Office science and technology summary, Counter Drone Technologies. Read More
Pentagon’s Counter Small Drone Strategy
The following is the U.S. Department of Defense Counter-sUAS Strategy that was released on Jan. 7, 2020. Read More
Report on Pentagon Counter-Drone Weapons
The following is the Feb. 12, 2020 Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Department of Defense Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Read More
Marines Took Out Iranian Drone for the Cost of a Tank of Gas
A MADIS anti-drone system is perched on the bow of USS Boxer (LHD-4) during a Strait of Hormuz transit on July 18, 2019. US Marine Corps Photo
Instead of a using an almost-million-dollar Navy missile, Marines splashed a hostile Iranian drone on Thursday for about the cost of a couple of gallons of gas. Read More
UPDATED: USS Boxer Downs Iranian Drone in ‘Defensive Action’
USS Boxer (LHD-4) transits the Pacific Ocean. Boxer in March 2019. US Navy Photo
This post has been updated with additional details on the downing of the Iranian drone.
Amphibious warship USS Boxer (LHD-4) took down an Iranian drone that U.S. officials say threatened the ship as it entered the Persian Gulf on Thursday. Read More
Marines’ Anti-Drone Defense System Moving Towards Testing, Fielding Decision by End of Year
M-ATV with GBAD system.
USNI News Photo
The Marine Corps’ counter-drone defense system is transitioning from an urgent operational need (UON) to a formal program of record, but the program is trying to retain its speed and agility as it moves into testing and fielding. Read More
Marine Corps Pursuing Sea Control, Air Defense Through Focused Tech Investments
US Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Briar Purty, an infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division tests Drone Killer Counter-UAS Technology during Urban Advanced Naval Technology Exercise 2018 (ANTX-18) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. on March 21, 2018. US Marine Corps Photo
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO – The National Defense Strategy and the enemy’s evolving technological capability are forcing the Marine Corps to think more seriously about how to tackle sea control, ground-based air defense and situational awareness for squads operating in a dispersed manner. Read More
Marines To Pair Laser Weapon With Stinger Missile For Mobile Ground Unit Protection
Office of Naval Research graphic.
The Marine Corps is moving towards a future in which small dispersed units can protect themselves from incoming enemy drones with laser weapons and from missiles and aircraft with Stinger missiles, with both weapons netted into a detection system and mounted atop Humvees, Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and other combat vehicles. Read More
