The US Army will be upgrading its counter-drone weapons with new warheads and radar. Artificial Intelligence (AI) will also be used to guide precision grenades for drone attacks.
According to Fox News' latest report, the US Army is looking to expand and upgrade its counter-drone flight by coordinating with industry partners to bring together allied countries of the US across the globe to face increasingly complex threats with advanced technology.
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The decision includes industry partners to offer emerging counter-drone systems for international sales and the addition of advanced interceptors and emerging uses of AI. These will all be used to destroy attacking drones more efficiently.
Armored vehicles could easily be vulnerable to close-in, fast-appearing drone attacks as they maneuver through mountainous terrain as part of a massive coordinated arms ground attack.
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Forward Operating Bases are also potentially susceptible to fast-approaching drone swarms since they often fight without immediate air support follow-up. Dismounted, forward-moving infantry operating in small groups could be especially at risk of coordinated, close-in, small drone attacks since they don't usually have armored vehicles or close-air support.
U.S. Army counter-drone weapons upgraded with new warhead, radar, AI; Can destroy close-in drone threats
Enemy drones, even low-tech ones, are not only widely available but also extremely dangerous especially to ground forces in the current modern warfare environment. Pentagon is now prioritizing persistent innovation alongside many existing or in rapid development countermeasures to stay one step ahead of adaptive enemies pursuing fast-expanding avenues of attack.
Existing drone defense weapons are now being upgraded by the US such as interceptor missiles, laser weapons, electronic weapons (EW), and networked ground sensors. The US Army is also planning to deploy the new technology quickly to save more lives. The development and deployment of an upgraded counter-drone weapons system, designed specifically to address close-in small drone attacks, is being accelerated by the US Army and Raytheon.
A "Ku band mobile" and 360-degree ground radar called KuRFS are now being integrated to counter-drone systems together with a suite of specific countermeasures called "effectors."
Commanders will opt to use laser countermeasures, EW, High-Powered Microwave weapons, or kinetic energy interceptor missile drone called "Coyote Block 2", with the help of threat information gathered by KuRFS. KuRFS was an Urgent Operational Need request from the Pentagon to address the immediate need to counter enemy drones, mortars, rockets, and other airborne attacks, including low-altitude helicopters.
