UAS platforms can travel farther, faster and with bigger payloads

By Linda Hersey / August 29, 2023 at 4:40 PM
Unmanned aerial systems increasingly have longer battery life -- traveling faster and farther with bigger payloads. That assessment of the trending threats in UAS platforms was a discussion focus on challenges to countering the platforms, which may operate solo or in swarms. “All of this really is what we deal with today and what we're going to deal with tomorrow,” said Army Col. Michael Rodick, chief of the operations division in the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office. His observations...

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