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Charles Costanza, the Army\u2019s V Corps commander, told Defense News in a recent interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow can you get the capabilities that are available now, get them into the hands of soldiers, to [get a] proof-of-concept and then scope and scale it so we can get what we need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea for a Eastern Flank Deterrence Line, or EFDL, which was first announced in July at the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s LandEuro conference in Wiesbaden, Germany, is to focus on enhancing ground-based capabilities and drive military-industrial interoperability across the alliance, Donahue explained there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the plan to counter Russian threats and enable scalable, global deterrence, the Army and its NATO allies are urgently developing standardized, data-driven systems, common launchers and cloud-based coordination, according to Gen. Donahue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is taking shape in the form of amassing counter-drone systems in countries along the Eastern Flank, tying together air defense and defensive fires and sharing data that enables NATO to work together, according to Costanza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army\u2019s V Corps is currently participating in a NATO exercise \u2014 called Avenger Triad \u2014 that involves five different corps from across the alliance, including Poland. This, Costanza said, will bringing to EFDL closer to reality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo help us fight and actually realize the Eastern Flank Deterrence Line \u2014 we\u2019ve got a new organization called an Operational Fires Command,\u201d he said, \u201cwhich will integrate all of our lethal and non-lethal capabilities into one organization to streamline that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avenger Triad is incorporating specific capabilities like Spike Non-Line-of-Sight missiles fired from AH-64 Apache helicopters, which are relatively new assets for Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also part of the effort, the Army and NATO partners are incorporating Palantir\u2019s Maven Smart System \u201cto use the AI capability to streamline how we use data,\u201d Costanza said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the bigger elements unfolding as part of the EFDL is how the U.S. Army and NATO forces are fielding unmanned systems to take out enemy drones along the Eastern Flank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chosen system \u2014 the U.S.-based startup Project Eagle\u2019s Merod \u2014 is already being proven successful in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re training our Polish partners how to use them,\u201d Costanza said. \u201cSame thing with [our] Romanian partners. We\u2019re now expanding it to Denmark with a view of expanding this capability up and down the Eastern Flank of Europe.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These developments come at a time when the number of incursions over Eastern Europe airspace is surging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking note, the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command is prioritizing contributions to the EFDL concept, and while cruise and ballistic missiles are still a concern, focus is on the sort of one-way attack drones proliferating on Ukraine\u2019s battlefields, according to its commander Brig. Gen. Curtis King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The counter-drone platform helps address the cost conundrum of using expensive missiles against cheap drones, King noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re training on that to understand how to employ capabilities that allow us to, at a lower cost, build capacity that we would need to defeat the amount of one-way attack drones we\u2019ve seen Russia be very successful at launching on a continual basis,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another plus is that the Army\u2019s drones can be produced much faster than a traditional missile. Rapidly fielding systems at scale is therefore more feasible, according to King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re moving as fast as we can,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been told to get this to move out as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">King added that he expects to see each country feature a similar capability within this calendar year, \u201cif not sooner than that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is currently assessing drone-on-drone intercept platforms produced by several different companies, to include government organizations, he noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The command is also looking at \u201cpassive sensors and active sensors [to see how] we enhance sensor coverage to ensure that we have the right detection capability to facilitate detecting those threats and then defeating them,\u201d King said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the 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