Lockheed Martin has demonstrated a new counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) approach at a recent field event.
The event was the first in a planned series of demonstrations featuring a scalable, layered defence system, designed to detect, track, identify and defeat UAS.
Lockheed Martin’s modular, open-architecture system combines combat-proven command and control with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled detection and track software, low-cost sensors and an increasing array of effectors. It can also be integrated with other systems and has been developed to simplify collaboration with partners.
At the field event, Lockheed Martin and its partners demonstrated the ability to detect, track and perform mitigation techniques against a mix of small UAS, including individual targets and incoming drone swarms.
The company said in a press statement that rapid coordination is critical with only a few minutes to detect, track and defeat a swarm. “Sensors capable of tracking many small, low-flying drones must be able to instantly communicate with a command and control system that sorts targets, matches them to interceptors and manages dozens of simultaneous engagements.”
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