Army seeking subscription-based counter-drone services

By Ethan Sterenfeld / March 10, 2022 at 9:45 AM
The Army is looking for contractors to perform fixed-site, counter-drone functions for the military on a subscription basis, the director of the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office said March 9. This effort will be called counter-small unmanned aerial systems as a service, borrowing from the trendy business term "software as a service," which refers to software that is paid for as a subscription and is continuously updated by the vendor. “Instead of buying widgets and then putting them together...

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