-
Business
-
Policy & Business
-
-
Federal IT
-
Information Technology
-
-
State & Local
-
State & Local Government
-
-
Defense
-
Defense & Intelligence
-
-
Healthcare
-
Healthcare Policy & IT
-
-
Energy
-
Energy Policy & Technology
-
-
Education
-
Education Policy & Technology
-
It’s a cat and mouse game as militaries fight the big threat of small drones
C4ISRNET: In August 2014, well-directed artillery fire was used to devastating effect in Ukraine, leaving three mechanized battalions a smoking ruin. Because the units and their positions were identified by a mini-drone, the Ukrainian government lost 200 vehicles, and very-short-range air defenses weren’t even able to locate it.
Today, UAVs have grown from a niche intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability to “a favored tool of the non-state actor, initially for ISR, but increasingly for weapons delivery,” according to a newly released assessment of military capabilities and defense economics by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Tags
Share
Top Stories
- Cybersecurity learning standards offer a new look at a consistent threat
- Chris Inglis outlines blueprint for federal cyber priorities
- OIG: Action Needed to Prevent Further CBP System Outages That Risk National Security
- New in 2021: The Army’s Project Convergence scales up
- Exclusive: J6 Says JADC2 Is A Strategy; Service Posture Reviews Coming
- How the Defense Department wants to measure the success of its AI hub
- Perspecta fails again in protest of Navy’s $7.7B NGEN-R
- ‘It’s going to take a lot of digging’: The Pentagon’s long search to see if anyone’s hiding in its networks
- THOR: Air Force Tests Counter-Drone Microwave In Africa
- US Navy investigates potential LCS class-wide design flaw
- Air Force uses AI on military flight for first time
- DHS, NSC Face Long Road Digging into Scope and Fallout of SolarWinds Breach
- Defense Awards $2.5B Deal for Next-Gen Communications Prototypes
- Amazon's latest push to overturn Microsoft's JEDI award
- Congress wants to know more about the Pentagon’s new joint warfighting concept
- U.S. Diplomats and Spies Likely Targeted by Radio Frequency Energy, Long-Withheld Report Determines
Whitepapers & Special Reports
i360Gov Newsletters
The most significant government policy, business, and technology news and analysis delivered to your inbox.
Subscribe NowAlso in Defense & Intelligence
About
i360Gov is an intelligent network of websites and e-newsletters that provides government business, policy and technology leaders with a single destination for the most important news and analysis regarding their agency strategies and initiatives.
Contact Us
Telephone: 202.760.2280
Toll Free: 855.i360.Gov
Fax: 202.697.5045
Newsletters
Copyright © 2009-2024 i360Communications, LLC.