{"id":51610,"date":"2025-07-31T14:23:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/07\/31\/project-flytrap-shows-theres-no-silver-bullet-for-countering-drones\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:27:56","slug":"project-flytrap-shows-theres-no-silver-bullet-for-countering-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2025\/07\/31\/project-flytrap-shows-theres-no-silver-bullet-for-countering-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Flytrap shows there\u2019s no \u2018silver bullet\u2019 for countering drones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army leaders have learned from recent counter drone experiments that there is no one solution, no silver bullet to protect soldiers from drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/287453\/v_corps_leaders_share_lessons_learned_on_counter_uas_training_from_project_flytrap\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/287453\/v_corps_leaders_share_lessons_learned_on_counter_uas_training_from_project_flytrap\">from V Corps<\/a>, Fort Knox, Ky, spoke with reporters on a media call Wednesday to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/4260215\/armys-project-flytrap-advances-defense-secretarys-drone-dominance-agenda\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/4260215\/armys-project-flytrap-advances-defense-secretarys-drone-dominance-agenda\/\">Project Flytrap<\/a> \u2014 an exercise involving U.S. military personnel, partner nation military and industry representatives to help counter the threats posed by unmanned aerial systems on the battlefield. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[Counter-unmanned aerial systems] are essential to success on the modern battlefield,\u201d said Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza, commanding general of V Corps. \u201dU.S. and allied forces must rapidly transform to the very real threat of unmanned drones by testing, adjusting and ultimately integrating the best C-UAS platforms in the world to protect our forces. Project Flytrap is a key component of V Corps\u2019 transformation strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Project Flytrap 4.0 runs from July 27 to 31 at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, near Elk, Poland. It\u2019s the final iteration of counter drone training events with soldiers from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and the United Kingdom\u2019s 1st Royal Yorkshire Regiment testing new counter drone capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDeveloping, testing and fielding C-UAS technologies together with our NATO allies and partners enhances our deterrence capability,\u201d said Col. Donald Neal Jr., commander of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment. \u201cTraining and experimentation with our allies and partners serve to build capacity and increase European leadership in European security, effectively strengthening the NATO alliance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 40 organizations and 400 industry representatives along with allies and partners from the United Kingdom, Poland and Australia participated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first iteration took place in March of this year to identify and test counter drone solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second phase installed these systems in the U.S. and U.K. formations. The third phase focused on squad and platoon-level counter drone exercises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month\u2019s final iteration implemented battalion-level operations with offensive and defensive operations around the clock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis pushed the realism factor even higher to maximize the quality of training and feedback,\u201d said Command Sgt. Maj. Eric Bol, command sergeant major, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Infantry soldiers completed eight-hour courses over three days, learning to build nearly 300 drones with about a dozen models and how to counter them in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe made sure those models represented each kind of capability you\u2019d expect to see on the modern battlefield,\u201d said Col. Matthew Davis, V Corps CEMA Director. \u201cSome have thermal optics for nighttime. We used fiber optic drones, jam-resistant, we had larger drones like octocopters. We had six-winged. We really went through a lot of effort to diversify the threat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unit has a drone production and training facility to build drones with 3D printers and learn to fly them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t have a huge tech background. I\u2019ve been amazed to see what this unit has been capable of,\u201d Bol said. \u201cI\u2019ve watched soldiers who have an aptitude dive into this and be extremely passionate about it. It\u2019s fun to watch them learn how to build, break and rebuild the drones in the same facility. I have several peers across the Army, in different theaters, and we\u2019re all learning how to fight with UAS, how to defend against them and how to maintain them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fundamentals of infantry tactics still matter as soldiers train with the new drones, said Lt. Col. Jeremy Medaris, commander of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDispersion, protection, fortification, collecting the correct routes, planning to an objective \u2014 they remain essential,\u201d he said. \u201cThe essential nature of warfare still matters. Some components are changing, but those fundamental pieces are still there and just as applicable to the counter-UAS fight as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A key takeaway was the need to layer defenses against the drone threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s no one system or one solution to counter-UAS,\u201d Neal said. \u201cThe counter-UAS capability we\u2019ll have in the future is going to have to be an integrated, multi-system solution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During Flytrap, this included a Stryker infantry formation with soldiers wearing radio frequency technology to detect and defeat, jamming drones; soldiers with M4s shooting down enemy drones; and soldiers manning drones from the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt each echelon, you need the ability to handle that type of data on the systems we use to communicate with,\u201d Neal said. \u201cYou have two options: you have the ability to do assault kills, which means you\u2019re altering the flight path without a projectile in the air that shoots it out of the air. 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