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Dusk aerial of a motorsports speedway captured by a UUAS drone

P10 / Targets

Instrumented Targets — Scored Counter-Drone Engagements Without Live Fire

An adversary drone that registers laser-engagement hits and shows its status, so counter-UAS training can be scored and repeated. In development, funded separately, and said so.

The gap the Army has named

When Soldiers engage a drone in training there is usually no reliable way to score the engagement. The Army's own training write-ups identify the lack of laser-engagement compatibility between counter-UAS weapons and target drones as the barrier to realistic force-on-force practice. Without a target that registers a hit, counter-drone training is an academic exercise.

What we are building

A low-cost instrumented adversary drone that registers laser-engagement hits and indicates its status, so a unit can run scored, repeatable force-on-force counter-drone engagements without live fire. A later phase adds purpose-built expendable aerial targets for live-fire ranges.

Where it stands

This is a developing capability, not a fielded product. It is funded and matured separately from routine operations. We state that plainly because a vendor who names what is not finished is easier to trust than one who does not. The live opposing-force line is available now and does not depend on it.

How it fits

Who should talk to us now

Units and ranges that want to shape the requirement before it is built, and training sponsors who would run a pilot event when it is ready. Tell us what your range needs.

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