CAF Security Forces [Split from RCN Anti Drone Weapon]
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A bit more on USAF base security developments.
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I think the guy that wants to be able to take out drone manufacturing fails to understand the nature of the threat. Small drones and 3D printers don't need large factories nor do they need long supply chains from remote points of origin. They can be created local to the target.
What USAF Is Doing to Defend Bases from Drone Attack
The Air Force is creating a “Point Defense” force to protect bases from drone attack, but experts worry the approach doesn't go far enough.
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I think the guy that wants to be able to take out drone manufacturing fails to understand the nature of the threat. Small drones and 3D printers don't need large factories nor do they need long supply chains from remote points of origin. They can be created local to the target.
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The reports coming now out of Egypt that one of their LNG facilities located on the Med has been hit by drones and ships damaged is another example that facilities located a fair to great distance from hostilities and have no apparent link to hostilities can be randomly attacked should be a wake up call to us and all others.A bit more on USAF base security developments.
What USAF Is Doing to Defend Bases from Drone Attack
The Air Force is creating a “Point Defense” force to protect bases from drone attack, but experts worry the approach doesn't go far enough.
Would be interesting to see what route this drone took to get to Damietta Port in Egypt if it turns out that it came from Iran.
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Robot counters.
AeroVironment is better known foe building drones (Switchblade among others) but is being tasked to build CUAS base defence systems
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"The Pentagon’s dedicated unit tasked with acquiring and fielding counter-drone solutions has tapped AeroVironment (AV) to supply its Titan MS (multi-sensor) surveillance system.
"The Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) awarded AV an $80.5-million contract, part of a broader $500-million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity sole-source contract, in support of the Pentagon’s “Domestic Shield” initiative of strengthening homeland capabilities against uncrewed system threats.
"It follows a previous JIATF-401 order of a Titan Cerberus XL counter-drone system in March, also in support of Domestic Shield."
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My sense of this issue is that given the civil-military threat to all infrastructure (and for my purposes Very Large Crude Carriers and other ships are floating and mobile infrastructure) that a lot of this point defence will end up integrated within existing civil security systems designed to manage air space, keep out trespassers, manage bird strikes and protect against pirates, thieves and terrorists. I also suspect a high degree of automation.
It will be interesting to see how the interface between kinetic and non-kinetic responses gets managed. Kinetic, in my sense, means the application of explosive devices as opposed to directed energy and RF systems. And in that gray are is a kinetic device that relies entirely on its kinetic energy to ram an intruder different than the exact same device armed like a conventional cannon shell with a proximity fuse and a fragmenting warhead?
And what is the nature of the fragments? How close to civilians can they be employed?
AeroVironment is better known foe building drones (Switchblade among others) but is being tasked to build CUAS base defence systems
AeroVironment Taps Teledyne FLIR for Counter-Drone Sensors
AeroVironment has selected Teledyne FLIR Defense to provide sensor systems for the US Air Force's Titan MS counter-drone platform.
thedefensepost.com
"The Pentagon’s dedicated unit tasked with acquiring and fielding counter-drone solutions has tapped AeroVironment (AV) to supply its Titan MS (multi-sensor) surveillance system.
"The Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) awarded AV an $80.5-million contract, part of a broader $500-million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity sole-source contract, in support of the Pentagon’s “Domestic Shield” initiative of strengthening homeland capabilities against uncrewed system threats.
"It follows a previous JIATF-401 order of a Titan Cerberus XL counter-drone system in March, also in support of Domestic Shield."
US Counter-Drone Task Force Selects AV’s Titan MS Surveillance System
The Pentagon’s dedicated unit tasked with acquiring and fielding counter-drone solutions has tapped AV to supply its Titan MS system.
thedefensepost.com
Pentagon Urges Low-Cost Physical Defenses to Counter Drone Threats
The US Department of Defense has released a three-page guidance document calling for expanded use of passive physical measures to protect critical infrastructure from threats posed by small unmanned aerial systems.
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Pentagon Task Force Awards First Replicator 2 Contract for Anti-Drone Systems
The US Department of Defense’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has made its first acquisition under the Replicator 2 initiative.
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JIATF 401 Explained: How the Pentagon’s New Counter-UAS Task Force Is Changing Drone Defense
What is JIATF 401? Learn how the Pentagon’s new counter-UAS task force is changing U.S. drone defense, C-UAS procurement, homeland security and more.
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My sense of this issue is that given the civil-military threat to all infrastructure (and for my purposes Very Large Crude Carriers and other ships are floating and mobile infrastructure) that a lot of this point defence will end up integrated within existing civil security systems designed to manage air space, keep out trespassers, manage bird strikes and protect against pirates, thieves and terrorists. I also suspect a high degree of automation.
It will be interesting to see how the interface between kinetic and non-kinetic responses gets managed. Kinetic, in my sense, means the application of explosive devices as opposed to directed energy and RF systems. And in that gray are is a kinetic device that relies entirely on its kinetic energy to ram an intruder different than the exact same device armed like a conventional cannon shell with a proximity fuse and a fragmenting warhead?
And what is the nature of the fragments? How close to civilians can they be employed?
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