The Air Force last week released a request for information to kick off an experimentation campaign in fiscal year 2018 that will inform whether and how the service can cost-effectively buy directed-energy weapons to protect overseas bases from unwanted unmanned aerial systems. The service is seeking battle command and sensor systems that quickly detect, track and target single or multiple UAS, as well as systems that identify and classify aircraft while intervening with, defeating or denying their flight using military-operated...
