The Navy Is Assembling a Hacker Team to Fight Off Small Drones
By Marcus Weisgerber Global Business Editor Read bio
April 1, 2019
Engineers, researchers, and hackers will seek ways to protect warships and bases from hobby-type drones modified to kill.
Lifting an idea from the Army and a name from the Star Wars universe, the U.S. Navy is assembling a team of engineers, researchers, and even hackers to develop ways to fight off swarms of cheap commercial drones.
The so-called JYN effort is the latest in a series of steps the Pentagon has taken to speed up development of new systems that can defend against drones that are readily available for purchase and easily modified for war..
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