SOCOM puts new counter-UAS efforts on wish list

By Tony Bertuca / March 26, 2019 at 4:35 PM
U.S. Special Operations Command has sent Congress a nearly $200 million list of unfunded priorities, highlighting the need to counter unmanned aerial systems, according to documents obtained by Inside Defense . The $30 million in counter-UAS funding, which SOCOM did not formally request for fiscal year 2020, would accelerate prototyping and rapid fielding efforts, the documents state . SOCOM is "pursuing combat evaluations, rapid prototyping, and rapid fielding efforts within the recently established Middle Tier of Acquisition," according to the...

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