SAN DIEGO -- The Marine Corps is working to rapidly develop new counter-drone capabilities to protect dismounted Marines from unmanned aerial threats, with plans to field a capability this calendar year, the commanding general of Marine Corps Combat Development Command said today. According to Lt. Gen. Eric Austin, who described the still nameless capability as a “system of systems” with both kinetic and electronic warfare intercept capabilities, the effort is the work of a cross-functional team that recognized a need...
