{"id":45247,"date":"2019-10-28T17:34:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T17:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/28\/here-is-one-drone-killer-us-troops-have-taken-overseas\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:56:00","slug":"here-is-one-drone-killer-us-troops-have-taken-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2019\/10\/28\/here-is-one-drone-killer-us-troops-have-taken-overseas\/","title":{"rendered":"Here is one drone killer US troops have taken overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Videos from battlefields in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine have shown the potential havoc that small drones <\/a>can bring to unsuspecting ground forces, including scouting for call-for-fire missions and dropping grenades on exposed positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. troops are already deploying abroad with counter-drone capabilities<\/a>, including CACI International\u2019s SkyTracker suite, according to company officials at this year\u2019s Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have many contracts with DoD, IC [intelligence community], federal law enforcement customers,\u201d said Carl Boggs, CACI SkyTracker\u2019s program director. \u201cOne thing that we do, which I do think is a discriminator from other types of systems, is we can find the actual ground control system or the radio operator.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The core of SkyTracker is radio frequency detection and mitigation. It identifies the link between a drone and its controller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those positions can then populate on a user interface screen, like the portable tablets already used in the field by many troops. The tracker identifies what type of drone is being used and offers options to do anything from jamming its communication to forcing it to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\t