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• Mayorkas warns of dangers if US loses tools to block terrorist drones

  Countering WMD office has about 240 federal employees and over 400 contract staff, and a budget last fiscal year of roughly $450 million.

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  Rebecca Santana, The Associated Press

  3 years ago

• Navy warship Thomas Hudner shoots down drone in Red Sea

  Navy officials said the drone was fired from Yemen as Hudner operated in the Red Sea.

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  Diana Stancy

  3 years ago

• Pentagon counter-drone office makes headway as services adopt new tech

  Here’s how the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office is moving capability out of development and into the field.

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  Jen Judson

  3 years ago

• Army boot camp will soon include counter-drone training

  Entry-level soldiers will learn basic skills, while more advanced training will give troops an additional skill identifier.

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  Todd South

  3 years ago

• US spy tool will lapse unless Congress and White House can cut deal

  Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act will expire at the end of December.

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  Eric Tucker, The Associated Press

  3 years ago

• Drone attacks on US troops in Middle East rise to 55 in under a month

  The U.S. has struck multiple targets in Syria in retaliation.

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  Meghann Myers

  3 years ago

• Sierra Nevada to supply US Army with intel-gathering jets in $554M deal

  The U.S. Army is paying particular attention to what’s known as deep sensing: the capacity to find, monitor, target and kill from greater distances.

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  Colin Demarest

  3 years ago

• Turkey and UAE cozy up over drone, missile cooperation

  The countries have focused on strengthening bilateral ties through agreements in the defense and technology sectors, among others.

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  Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

  3 years ago

• Lockheed seeks expanded roles for Q-53 radar including drone detection

  “It’s legacy has been counter-fire,” said Lockheed Martin’s David Kenneweg. “Now, we’ve got a multi-mission radar that does multiple things.”

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  Colin Demarest

  3 years ago

• NDIA’s Norquist explains the harm of a continuing resolution

  How do temporary spending measures impact military suppliers? We ask that and more of the Pentagon’s former comptroller.

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  Stephen Losey

  3 years ago

• Russian arms industry banks on Dubai defense fair to show viability

  State-owned Rosoboronexport had announced a new counter-drone weapon to be on display, but the equipment was nowhere to be seen.

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  Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

  3 years ago

• US Air Force’s Sentinel missile ‘struggling,’ faces rising costs

  It has been decades since the Air Force last developed a nuclear missile, the secretary says, and surprise issues are cropping up.

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  Stephen Losey

  3 years ago