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Unmanned Systems

Army Establishes Dedicated Counter-Drone Testing Lanes At Yuma

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, September 28th, 2026

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Army Establishes Dedicated Counter-Drone Testing Lanes At Yuma

Allen Control Systems' Bullfrog M240 remote weapon system. Photo: Allen Control Systems

To help accelerate the development and iteration of counter-drone technologies, the Army is dedicating “lanes” at its Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona for counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) so that they can be evaluated more frequently, a service official said last week. The C-UAS lanes at Yuma include “exquisite instrumentation” and provide more fidelity about test results, allowing a vendor to better understand why their system may be failing during an assessment, Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, director of the Joint Interagency…

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