The United States Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate is conducting market research for industry to demonstrate kinetic mitigation capabilities, to include Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) denial, for countering small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS).
The results will support a kinetic mitigation demonstration scheduled for November 2026. Selected capabilities will participate in two DHS-funded sUAS mitigation demonstrations. The demonstrations will focus on the following:
- Kinetic mitigation of Group 1 and Group 2 UAS.
- Develop scenarios or use cases in which kinetic mitigation could be used.
- Identify potential scenarios and outcomes from kinetic mitigation usage.
- Develop a methodology to measure and assess collateral effects.
- Establish and define risks of kinetic mitigation in homeland security applications.
The event will include projectile, collision, containment, microwave, acoustic, laser and non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse (NNEMP) capabilities as well as others not defined in the request for information.
The scenarios for countering the sUAS have been developed to reflect four broad DHS mission areas. These scenarios are designed to assess kinetic mitigation capabilities and potential collateral damage to friendly forces, bystanders and/or property. Potential risk measures include, but are not limited to, collateral damage from falling debris, missed target damage, electromagnetic damage, hazardous materials, risk to friendly forces, risks to populations and risks to networked command-and-control capabilities.
The demonstration will develop potential risk measures of kinetic mitigation, and kinetic mitigation performance measures of success. DHS says that the results will form the foundation for capability analysis, standards for risk analysis of kinetic mitigation usage, and baseline knowledge of kinetic C-UAS operations and use consequences.
The deadline for responses is June 27.
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Image from a previous DHS C-UAS test event (DHS S&T)