On June 12, the US Army released a wideo highlighting the testing of C-UAS technology by UK and US troops as part of Project Flytrap. The testing began on June 6 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany.
Project Flytrap is a joint initiative between the US and UK to conduct a series of C-UAS training scenarios to test the capabilities of emerging, cheaper and man-portable capabilities. The recent exercise saw US troops joined by soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Yorkshire Regiment of the British Army.
In the video, US Army 1st Lieutenant Jake Licht, a platoon leader assigned to the 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment spoke on the need to determine the viability of a number of different C-UAS solutions from a variety of vendors:
“Each of these vendors, they come up with great ideas. They’re all super, super smart. And then when it comes to us, the warfighters, we have to incorporate a lot of different technology, a lot of different vendors all in one space. Usually for the first time.”
He continued, emphasising the importance of hands on testing:
“So anytime we get lots of new tech, it’s important to do operations like Fly trap and these sorts of projects to keep making sure that if they have conflicts with one another, if they interrupt one another, cancel one another out, that we’re going to see that out there and know how to mitigate it moving forward. And to compare it against our already existing programs of records to help conduct counter UAS and air defense.”
The testing continued throughout last week, with General Christopher Donahue, the Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, visiting on June 11, demonstrating the importance of the testing operations for US Army leadership.
This is in line with recent developments from the US, including the increased funding proposed for C-UAS tech by DoD and the recent executive order issued by President Trump aiming to rapidly enhance C-UAS capabilities.
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