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DHS Plans Demonstration Of Kinetic Drone Killers

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, January 17th, 2025

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DHS Plans Demonstration Of Kinetic Drone Killers

Fortem Technologies' DroneHunter drone snaring another drone in the sky. Photo: Fortem

The Department of Homeland Security this summer is planning to assess kinetic capabilities for countering small drones and understand related collateral effects to meet the needs of the department’s components. The department’s Science and Technology Directorate, Office of Mission and Capability Support last Thursday issued a request for information to conduct market research to understand the state of the art in kinetic mitigation capabilities against Group 1 and 2 drones and evaluate the overall market. The announcement said that previous…

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