Navy researchers survey industry for counter-uncrewed enabling technologies for test and demonstration
CRANE, Ind. – U.S. Navy researchers are asking industry to submit ideas on how to counter enemy uncrewed aircraft for possible inclusion in future test projects.
Officials of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Ind., issued a request for information (N0016425SNB43) last week for the Counter Uncrewed Systems (C-UXS) Survey.
Future testing
Submissions will be evaluated for potential inclusion in future test events, demonstrations, and continuous monitoring of the counter-uncrewed systems market.
The survey is to be a living document and enables respondents to save and update their submissions. Candidate solutions should be from the perspective of an individual system, or a system of components. Information will be shared with and used by other government organizations.
This survey pertains to counter-uncrewed systems enabling technologies that are ready for validation for airborne intercept and capture. Navy researchers are looking for counter-uncrewed projects for future test and demonstration.
Low-collateral defeat refers to ways to counter small uncrewed aircraft with minimal collateral damage where friendly forces and civilians are close, or where local regulation does not allow for electronic attack or kinetic effectors.
Incapacitating threats
Of interest are enabling technologies intended to incapacitate threatening unmanned aircraft using coherent monochromatic light, electromagnetic radiation, low kinetic energy impact interceptors, ballistic projectiles, capture and entanglement, or electronic warfare (EW) approaches like communication and navigation jamming, attacking control systems, and protocol manipulation.
Companies interested may take the survey no later than 30 April 2025 online at https://forms.osi.apps.mil/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=AD4z43fIh0u2rUXpQt4XUIstIPP0RbtBks10YQmTCspUN0NYNUNWSFJJQ0lXR0lPQ0VZV1dCVjFNSi4u&route=shorturl.
Email questions, concerns, or intent to send quads, videos, and white papers to the Navy's Mark Dravet at [email protected]. More information is online at https://sam.gov/opp/2707e543055343e6a9328f338e2486f4/view.
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