{"id":31612,"date":"2019-12-11T19:07:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T19:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/11\/pentagon-wants-to-streamline-its-counterdrone-focus\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:17:03","slug":"pentagon-wants-to-streamline-its-counterdrone-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2019\/12\/11\/pentagon-wants-to-streamline-its-counterdrone-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon wants to streamline its counterdrone focus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Pentagon\u2019s top acquisition official believes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/2019\/10\/02\/counter-drone-companies-eager-to-offer-solutions-to-future-drone-attacks\/\" target=_blank>countering small drones<\/a> is a key priority for the Department of Defense in 2020, and has a plan to concentrate such programs to \u201cthree to five\u201d key systems that can be deployed across DoD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to reporters Dec. 10, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2019\/10\/15\/how-night-court-will-impact-the-pentagons-acquisition-office\/\" target=_blank>Ellen Lord<\/a>, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said that a string of visits to the Middle East and elsewhere has led her to conclude that \u201cwe need to continue to focus heavily on counter-UAS systems and strategies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have had each of the services and a number of agencies over the last few years, focused on trying to come up with systems to combat this,\u201d Lord said. \u201cWhat we in the department have done, and what I talked to everyone downrange about, is the fact that we\u2019re coalescing these efforts to try to be efficient and effective.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The counterdrone market has exploded in recent years, with both major defense players and smaller commercial firms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/digital-show-dailies\/dsei\/2019\/09\/11\/raytheon-anticipates-international-boom-in-counter-drone-sales\/\" target=_blank>trying to take advantage<\/a> of a market that by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191209005550\/en\/Global-Counter-UAV-C-UAV-Systems-Report-2019-5.47\" target=_blank>one estimate<\/a> could be worth $1.8 billion in 2020 and $5.4 billion by 2028. The Pentagon has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/2019\/04\/22\/the-pentagons-new-budget-is-less-drone-filler-more-drone-killer\/\" target=_blank>investing heavily<\/a> in various pilot programs for the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Lord\u2019s A&amp;S shop will continue to help guide developments across the department, she said the Army has recently been named the \u201cexecutive agent\u201d for counter-UAS capabilities, in order to make sure there is a single cohesive vision of how to develop the capabilities. And rather than have a wide range of systems out there, Lord wants to see a small handful of proven technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Routine teleconferences with staffs from the various combatant commands will help clarify needs in the field, which in turn will help DoD officials \u201cneck down\u201d to what systems have the right \u201csensor modalities and actual, either kinetic or electronic warfare-type, systems to neutralize incoming threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy goal is to make sure we have three-to-five systems that are tailored to a series of different types of threats, and that we can get the economy of scale, of having a few best systems out there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments came weeks after the first event run by DoD\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2019\/05\/10\/to-counter-china-pentagon-wants-to-create-patriotic-investors\/\" target=_blank>Trusted Capital<\/a> program \u2014 which aims to match private investors with small startups in areas that the Pentagon needs an American-owned technology base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event occurred in Texas, with a focus on both small unmanned systems and the ability to defeat them. 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