Army Vice Says Yes On Anti-Drone Tech; Maybe On Missiles; No On Iron Man
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on June 21, 2016 at 12:11 PM
WASHINGTON: The Army is developing promising new technology, from long-range missiles to anti-drone defense, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Dan Allyn told reporters today. The problem, of course, is paying for it — which, he said, puts pricey innovations like Iron Man-style powered armor out of reach.
So what’s the most exciting tech that could fix an operational shortfall at a price the service can afford, I asked? That’s when Gen. Allyn brought up the counter-drone system, which he’d seen recently at Fort Bliss Texas, home of the Army’s experimental-tech exercises, the Army Warfighting Assessments (AWAs) and Network Integration Evaluations (NIEs).
“Counter-UAS is going to be a critical capability,” he said.
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