The United States Army has issued a solicitation for a man-packable, kinetic counter-uncrewed aerial system interceptor intended for close-range defence against first-person-view and multirotor-class targets.
The interceptor is intended to be used as a hard-kill option for small teams operating in dismounted, mobile or infrastructure-limited environments. According to the solicitation, the system should provide a localised defeat mechanism when electronic warfare options are unreliable, restricted or unavailable.
Offers are due by 23 November.
For more information
US Army synopsis/solicitation on SAM.gov
Image: The US Army trained with an FD-1 C-UAS interceptor in Poland on 5 November 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Luis Garcia).
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