DroneShield said it has completed installation and acceptance of its DroneSentry-X Mk2 counter-uncrewed aircraft system (C-UAS) units on U.S. military Infantry Squad Vehicles (ISVs) under a Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) contract.
The company said the work was completed about 80 days after the contract award and included delivery, vehicle installation, acceptance testing and operator training. DroneShield said three additional DroneSentry-X Mk2 units are planned for installation under a recent modification to the contract.
According to DroneShield, the installation establishes initial operational capability for the deployed technology.
DroneSentry-X Mk2 is designed to provide vehicle-mounted detection and electronic countermeasure capabilities against uncrewed aerial threats. DroneShield said the system can operate while a vehicle is mobile or stationary, extending protection beyond established bases and fixed infrastructure.
DroneShield said its personnel completed the vehicle installations and supported system acceptance testing using live uncrewed aircraft, and that operators were trained as part of the delivery.
Nate Webb, DroneShield’s director of strategic projects, said the company moved from contract award through delivery, installation, live-UAS acceptance testing and operator training in approximately 80 days.
The company said small uncrewed aircraft are increasingly shaping the operating environment and that vehicle-mounted counter-UAS can provide detection and electronic countermeasure capability where permanent infrastructure is unavailable or impractical.
In the release, DroneShield said the JIATF-401 program builds on its counter-UAS work and its support of U.S. Department of War requirements, including RF sensing, electronic countermeasures, command-and-control software and AI-enabled technology across dismounted, mobile and fixed-site applications.
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, director of JIATF-401, said counter-UAS “capabilities go beyond technology” and that JIATF-401 will continue working with partners to deliver capabilities, training and authorities needed to counter drone threats “at home and abroad.”
DroneShield said its technology is also available through the JIATF-401 C-UAS Marketplace, which it said provides authorized U.S. Government customers a procurement pathway for counter-UAS capabilities.
