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Kevin Kennedy, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/cyber\/2022\/06\/27\/kennedy-confirmed-as-air-force-cyber-boss\/\" target=\"_blank\">commander of the 16th Air Force (Air Forces Cyber)<\/a>, told the Department of Defense Intelligence Information System Worldwide Conference in San Antonio: \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m in competition most of the time, and I\u2019m trying to produce a nominal baseline of the environment \u2014 what is normal behavior, so I can understand what\u2019s abnormal behavior?\u201d Kennedy said onstage in Texas. \u201cI think drones have a very, very significant play in that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/2022\/11\/18\/raytheon-tests-information-sharing-technology-with-jadc2-in-mind\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RIS-JADC2_Sensor_Grid_v12.jpeg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Raytheon tests information-sharing technology with JADC2 in mind<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The demonstration included two locations as well as a range of hardware, waveforms and data formats.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military adoption and deployment of drones has ballooned in recent years, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/cyber\/2022\/11\/07\/advance-work-in-ukraine-blunted-russian-cyber-advantage-us-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Russia-Ukraine war<\/a> pushing their use into the popular spotlight. Footage captured by drones can not only inform military planning and strikes, but can also drive narratives and shape public perceptions, a facet of information warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. has so far pledged thousands of unmanned systems to the frontlines in Eastern Europe, where they are used to dive bomb and reconnoiter, among other tasks. Washington has also promised counter-UAS capabilities, including the L3Harris Technologies-made Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment, or VAMPIRE, to address airborne Russian threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The VAMPIRE uses laser-guided munitions to hit ground or air targets, including drones. At the Association of the U.S. Army trade show in October, L3Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/pentagon\/2022\/11\/01\/drone-killing-vampires-due-in-ukraine-next-year-pentagon-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">displayed it with the Land-LGR4 rocket launcher<\/a> from Arnold Defense and Electronics and the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System laser-guidance package made by BAE Systems, Defense News reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kennedy on Thursday said drones offer a flexible and relatively expendable means of intelligence gathering and long-range understanding. Uncrewed assets can be floated into more-dangerous environments, where troops would otherwise dare not tread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe other thing too: An unmanned system, I can put into a place that I\u2019m not going to put a manned system, with a different risk profile,\u201d said Kennedy, who previously served as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/12\/13\/army-one-star-general-fired-from-cyber-command\/\" target=\"_blank\">director of operations for U.S. Cyber Command<\/a>. \u201cAlso, it decreases the possibility of miscalculation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5740\" height=\"3832\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/L3H-Vampire-CUAS.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The L3Harris Technologies Vampire system, a light vehicle-borne missile launcher, is seen on the show floor Oct. 11 at the Association of the U.S. Army annual convention.\" class=\"wp-image-112183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/L3H-Vampire-CUAS.jpg.jpg 5740w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/L3H-Vampire-CUAS.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/L3H-Vampire-CUAS.jpg.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/L3H-Vampire-CUAS.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,684 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/L3H-Vampire-CUAS.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/L3H-Vampire-CUAS.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1367 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5740px) 100vw, 5740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The L3Harris Technologies VAMPIRE system is seen on the show floor Oct. 11, 2022, at the Association of the U.S. Army annual convention. (Colin Demarest\/C4ISRNET)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drones can be outfitted with a range of equipment, including imaging or sensing for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside the Air Force, the Army is looking to air- and ground-launched platforms, such as drones, to more effectively wage electronic warfare amid a Pentagon push to modernize arsenals. By outfitting so-called ALEs and GLEs with kit capable of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/electronic-warfare\/2022\/10\/09\/jam-spoof-and-spy-us-army-looks-to-energize-electronic-warfare\/\" target=\"_blank\">jamming, spoofing or spying<\/a>, the platforms could help deter and neutralize technologically advanced adversaries, such as China and Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPolicymakers, military commanders, will be looking for what is the adversary doing, what is their intended outcome, and how are we postured to create an advantage in this crisis, mitigate this crisis, or, in some cases, just manage this crisis, so it doesn\u2019t have horizontal or vertical escalation,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cAnd in that case, informational warfare outcomes, whether it\u2019s ISR, cyber, EW, or IO, come into play as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military adoption and deployment of drones has ballooned in recent years, with the 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