{"id":32580,"date":"2023-07-21T16:02:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/07\/21\/need-better-drone-defense-the-us-military-may-have-an-app-for-that\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:53:07","slug":"need-better-drone-defense-the-us-military-may-have-an-app-for-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2023\/07\/21\/need-better-drone-defense-the-us-military-may-have-an-app-for-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Need better drone defense? The US military may have an app for that."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Can a combination of crowdsourced photography and smartphone software improve air defenses? The U.S. Army is willing to find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In trials earlier this month, soldiers in South Carolina<\/a> used government-issued phones to capture and share images of a drone overhead using a nascent application known as CARPE Dronvm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The app is funded by the Defense Department and built by Mitre Corp., a manager of federally funded research and development centers. The software is the brainchild of U.S. Air Forces Central, which sought to more easily detect and track airborne threats. U.S. Army Central is spearheading testing among troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCountering the drone threat in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility is essential to keeping our personnel, aircraft, and equipment safe,\u201d Lt. Col. Steven Norris, U.S. Air Forces Central\u2019s counter-drone chief, said in a statement<\/a> July 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Central Command comprises more than 4 million-square-miles of land, including Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. The organization in January said Iran attacked a base in Syria used by U.S. and local forces with three drones. Two of the systems were shot down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery single warfighter can help sense and warn, creating a comprehensive layered defense that will tie into our existing command and control architecture<\/a> and increase awareness of threats in the region,\u201d Norris said of the app.<\/p>\n\n\n\t