{"id":50951,"date":"2023-11-15T20:44:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T20:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/11\/15\/pentagon-counter-drone-office-makes-headway-as-services-adopt-new-tech\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:41:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:41:31","slug":"pentagon-counter-drone-office-makes-headway-as-services-adopt-new-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2023\/11\/15\/pentagon-counter-drone-office-makes-headway-as-services-adopt-new-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon counter-drone office makes headway as services adopt new tech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2023\/08\/08\/pentagons-counter-drone-office-to-demo-swarm-destruction-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon\u2019s counter-drone office<\/a> is making headway on pushing new capabilities as the military services and combatant commands adopt the technology, its director said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several technologies that will help the U.S. military combat the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/10\/12\/us-army-seeks-defense-against-kamikaze-drone-threats-seen-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">rising drone threat <\/a>are no longer just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/unmanned\/2020\/11\/04\/heres-how-the-pentagon-will-test-industrys-counter-drone-tech-for-an-enduring-capability\/\" target=\"_blank\">under evaluation in demonstrations in western test ranges<\/a> but are now being procured by the services and used by units in every combatant command, Maj. 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Sean Gainey, the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office director, told a Center for Strategic and International Studies event on Nov. 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office, or JCO, established in 2019 to coordinate counter-UAS development, doctrine, organization, and training across the force, has held five demonstrations aimed at looking at various capabilities to tackle the complex and varying drone threats observed on the battlefield from cheap, hand-held devices to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/02\/02\/pentagon-shoots-to-field-low-collateral-counter-drone-interceptors-in-fy22\/\" target=\"_blank\">low-collateral interceptors <\/a>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/06\/17\/us-army-could-soon-have-high-power-microwave-capability-to-take-out-small-drone-swarms\/\" target=\"_blank\">high-powered microwave capabilities.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2023\/11\/01\/army-gets-first-high-power-microwave-prototype-to-counter-drone-swarms\/\" 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=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Epirus20Leonidas.jpg.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\">Army gets first high-power microwave prototype to counter drone swarms<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Epirus has delivered the first prototype to the U.S. Army to counter drone swarms as part of the service&#039;s Indirect Fire Protection Capability.<\/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\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/04\/16\/three-industry-teams-demonstrate-capability-to-take-out-small-drone-threats-at-yuma\/\" target=\"_blank\">first demonstration held in April 2021<\/a> at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona was focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/02\/02\/pentagon-shoots-to-field-low-collateral-counter-drone-interceptors-in-fy22\/\" target=\"_blank\">low-collateral interceptor<\/a>s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demonstration made it possible for the JCO to identify readily available capability. The office narrowed down the pool of low-collateral interceptors to five vendors and passed that group to the Air Force along with funding to continue evaluation and demonstration from those vendors, Gainey explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan now is to conduct a final fly-off in the February or March timeframe, Gainey said. Following the fly-off, each service will be able to choose from a list of recommended vendors for capabilities that fit service-specific requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, once a capability identified in demonstrations has reached a required safety threshold for soldier use, the JCO sends the systems into combatant commands. \u201cEvery service has a low-collateral capability inside every COCOM right now testing now and providing that feedback to the Air Force,\u201d Gainey said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategy allows the services to get capability out in the field rather than waiting until everything is fully baked and feedback is used to aid development of technology that continues to address evolving threats, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JCO has used a similar method to transition laser weapons designed to defeat small drones from development into procurement, Gainey said. The office is funding the Air Force and Army to take directed energy weapons from 10-kilowatts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2022\/08\/11\/this-infantry-squad-vehicle-is-getting-a-laser-to-destroy-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\">20-kilowatts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2023\/04\/13\/army-short-range-air-defense-laser-prototypes-take-down-drones-at-yuma\/\" target=\"_blank\">eventually 50-kilowatts<\/a> into theater to operationally assess the various systems and make recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capability will then transition to the services to each buy systems at scale with their own procurement funding, according to Gainey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the JCO has a process to move technologies identified through demonstration out of development and into fielded systems, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/countering-small-uncrewed-aerial-systems\" target=\"_blank\">CSIS report released Nov. 14<\/a> recommended Congress and Defense Department leadership should \u201cconsider modifications to JCO\u2019s authorities and relation to service acquisition agencies to improve the requirements process and acquisition timelines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the JCO has worked for several years to identify, demonstrate and refine capability across the counter-drone industry, the services \u201cwill play a larger role\u201d in institutionalizing counter-UAS capability across the force, the report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cQuestions remain as to whether they will accept systems supported by the JCO or develop their own unique platforms more suited for their specific needs, as well as how such needs will be prioritized against other service needs,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JCO could be empowered, the report suggests, \u201cwith an 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