Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
The Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) FY 2027 capabilities-based funding request will enable innovative cross-domain solutions to sense, decide, and act against Groups 1-3 UAS threats, while supporting joint operational requirements. These combined arms solutions will support the full kill-chain and result in solutions addressing fixed/semi-fixed, mounted/mobile platform, dismounted, and handheld missions. Development efforts are aligned with the C-sUAS Capability Development Document (CDD) and Annexes, which codify the threshold and objective capability requirements for C-sUAS development. This funding supports the Army's Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) initiative to modernize Command and Control (C2) systems. Fixed/Mobile System Capabilities: Funds rapid component prototyping, facilitates operational assessments, pursues development and integration of mature hardware, addresses obsolescence, and tests performance improvements of existing fixed and mobile systems against current and near-term threats. Initiates activities required to transition the current mobile C-sUAS solution to field level sustainment. Tech Refresh: Funds technology refreshes of C-sUAS capabilities supporting deployed systems, to keep pace with evolving threats in response to Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON) CC-0558, to sense, decide, and act against Groups 1 and 2 UAS threats. C-sUAS CDD Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I): Funds prototyping, development, and integration of emerging technologies, and testing performance improvements against future threats for C-sUAS programs. C-sUAS Emergent Requirements: Funds development, testing, integration, and continuous improvement to accelerate emerging C-sUAS capabilities, such as the Next Generation C-sUAS Missile (NGCM), Integrated Battle Command System-Maneuver (IBCS-M), C-sUAS non-kinetic interceptor, and Unit Common and Soldier Common solutions. Test Support for C-sUAS Competitions and Continuous Transformation: Funds additional test requirements, such as targets, range and instrumentation costs, and Other Government Agency (OGA) test and evaluation support, for capability set fielding and continuous transformation efforts.
FY 2027 funding will continue efforts to increase commonality and improve producibility, resulting in cost efficiencies and system improvements among the C-sUAS sensor variants, such as procuring prototype hardware and conducting prototype integration and testing in support of redesign of line replaceable units, due to obsolescence and…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work FY 2027 funding will continue technological development of C-sUAS capabilities supporting deployed systems, such as software improvements (e.g., threat target classification, interference detection and reporting) and other capability enhancements to keep pace with changes in enemy threats and tactics.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2026 to FY 2027 funding increase reflects revised economic assumptions.
FY2026 plans — current year FY 2026 Base funding will continue technological development of C-sUAS capabilities supporting deployed systems, such as the following: fire control and sensor software, improved decision aids to reduce kill chain timelines, software improvements for C-sUAS radar low altitude tracking and interceptor fire control radar support, etc.
FY 2027 funding will continue efforts to identify and characterize emerging technologies which support prototyping, integration, and testing of system improvements to increase the capability to sense, decide, and act against future C-sUAS threats, such as integrating an improved seeker and warhead into the kinetic interceptor All Up…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY 2027 funding will continue efforts to support integration and testing of emerging C-sUAS capabilities to accelerate fielding decisions, such as IBCS-M development; NGCM design, development, integration, and test activities (e.g., Critical Design Review, Insensitive Munition/Environmental Testing, Safety Testing, and final Development…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY 2027 funding will enable competition and evaluation of emerging technologies, such as Low Collateral Defeat (LCD) and alternate sensing solutions, to inform capability set fielding. Funding will support acquisition of additional test and evaluation legal documentation for both Rapid Acquisition Authority (RAA) deployment and Materiel…
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