{"id":15230,"date":"2021-09-29T19:54:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T19:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2021\/09\/29\/us-army-trains-forces-across-military-on-tools-to-fight-drones\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:59:41","slug":"us-army-trains-forces-across-military-on-tools-to-fight-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2021\/09\/29\/us-army-trains-forces-across-military-on-tools-to-fight-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army trains forces across military on tools to fight drones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ARLINGTON, Va. \u2014 Part of the U.S. Army\u2019s lead role in standardizing anti-drone strategies across the armed forces is a joint training effort on a suite of tools and sensors to jam or take out small unmanned aerial systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a training course in Arizona, as well as a mobile training capability, the Joint C-sUAS Office is teaching war fighters about their options to counter the rising battlefield threat of drones that interfere with operations, conduct intel or carry weapons. The tools developed the various military branches span radio frequency disruptors to vehicle-mounted sensors to find and more accurately target UAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a system of systems approach,\u201d said Col. David Morgan, Joint C-sUAS Office division chief for requirements and capabilities. \u201cThere\u2019s no one silver bullet that is going to address this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once trained on these various systems, \u201cany joint warfighter \u2014 any soldier, sailor, airman, or Marine \u2014 should be able to do the very basic things needed to counter a particular threat,\u201d Morgan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a small UAS academy at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona, war fighters from across the military get classroom training and hands-on experience with a range of counter-drone tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to that two-week, on-site class, five-person mobile training teams also make that learning available to deployed units around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJCO develops a joint training program in order to ensure that the war fighter has the ability to employ capabilities effectively against an evolving enemy,\u201d said Lt. Col. Jonathan Hester, the office\u2019s capabilities integration branch chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defensive tools in the mix include the Dronebuster family of radio frequency jammers, which aim to interrupt the control of the drone by overwhelming the control frequency and taking over the drone\u2019s wireless control link. This can force the drone to stop and hover, or to return to the operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another tool, the Smart Shooter, is a fire control system used to significantly increase the accuracy of small arms. A targeting aid, it makes conventional rifles precise enough to hit a moving drone.<\/p>\n\n\n\t