Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS)

The Counter small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-sUAS) Family of Systems (FoS) program was funded to provide initial material solutions to SECNAV-prioritized locations CONUS and OCONUS with baseline electronic warfare (EW) capabilities to detect, track, identify, and defeat sUAS over a large coverage area. Following initial material deployment, the program continues to expand the capabilities of select, high priority systems and adapt new solutions to defeat evolving threats. The initial material solution included CORIAN, Ninja, DroneDefender, and DroneBuster. Expanded solutions include EO/IR, radar, C2, new EW detect/defeat capabilities, alternative sensors, and additional kinetic and non-kinetic mitigations needed to prepare, maintain, and upkeep force protection, self-defense and operational capabilities against the ever-evolving sUAS threat. Funding is provided to protect high-value and/or critical Navy assets and support public safety against threats by inadvertent or unlawful misuse of sUAS. FY27 increase will provide system assessments, intra-service technology capitalization, and refinement of open architecture solutions and interoperability standards of fixed facility Navy Sites with joint C-UxS systems and with C-UxsS syetms on Navy Ships. Funding also provides for government engineering support for the technology development and acquisition strategy for fielding material solutions that will help C-Uxs systems to evolve to rapidly evolving UAS capabilities.