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Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (CUAS) Capability for Battalion-and-Below Operations Abbreviated Version of a Restricted Report (2018) / Chapter Skim
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... In particular, the committee was asked to assess the sUAS threat, particularly when massed and collaborating; assess current capabilities of battalion-andbelow infantry units to counter sUASs; identify counter-sUAS technologies appropriate for nearterm, mid-term, and far-term science and technology investment; consider human factors and logistics; and determine if the Department of Homeland Security could benefit from DoD efforts. The complete statement of task from the sponsor is in Box 1.
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... Army S&T efforts, identify near-term, mid-term, and far-term technologies appropriate for new or enhanced S&T investments to facilitate the development of technological approaches for countering threat sUASs, particularly massed and operating collaboratively, used in both weaponized and surveillance modes. The committee will examine potential creative solutions, including neutralizing command and control nodes, and will describe the characteristics needed in a counter-sUAS system.
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Key Terms

  • logistics burdens
  • counter suass
  • suas threat
  • future threat
  • lightly armored

  • dismounted infantry
  • suas capabilities
  • consider human
  • operating collaboratively
  • frequency command

  • control links
  • infantry units
  • armored vehicles
  • threat suas
  • detecting radio

  • neutralizing command
  • successful materiel
  • threat vulnerability
  • performance capabilities
  • art logistics

  • collaborative swarms
  • current capabilities
  • capability timeframe
  • committee anticipates
  • technology investment

  • obstacle avoidance
  • including neutralizing
  • examine potential
  • customized suass
  • increasingly operate


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