Navy Researchers Explore Counter-Uncrewed Technologies

Date: March 5, 2025

U.S. Navy researchers are actively engaging the industry to gather insights on technologies that can counter adversarial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aiming for their potential implementation in future testing and demonstrations. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, based in Crane, Indiana, has initiated a request for information (RFI – N0016425SNB43) pertaining to this Counter Uncrewed Systems (C-UXS) initiative.

Objective of the Survey

The open survey encourages submissions, which will be analyzed for possible integration into upcoming tests, demonstrations, and ongoing assessments within the counter-uncrewed market. This initiative will function as a dynamic platform, enabling participants to submit and revise their proposals over time. The focus is on solutions that can operate as individual systems or combinations of components, with the information being shared among various government entities.

Focus Areas and Technologies

The survey specifically targets enabling technologies that can be deployed for airborne interception and capture of UAVs. It underscores the need for solutions that ensure minimal collateral damage when engaging small, unmanned aircraft, particularly in scenarios with nearby friendly forces or where local laws may restrict electronic countermeasures or kinetic actions.

Key technologies of interest include:

• Use of coherent monochromatic light.
• Electromagnetic radiation techniques.
• Low kinetic energy interceptors.
• Ballistic projectiles.
• Methods for capture and entanglement.
• Electronic warfare (EW) tactics like jamming communication and navigation signals, disrupting control systems, and manipulating protocols.

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