Successful CUAS Solutions Testing

Dedrone Concludes Successful Test Event Participation at the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office Demo 6 Event

The Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Office (JCO) leads and directs C-sUAS doctrine, requirements and training for the United States Department of Defense (DoD), to address the threat posed by unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Recently, at the JCO Demo 6 event, Dedrone by Axon delivered a standout performance, demonstrating the future of airspace security in congested and contested electromagnetic environments. The event, designed to assess advanced capabilities to detect, track, identify and mitigate (DTI-M) unmanned aerial threats in challenging conditions, provided a rigorous and realistic testing ground — and Dedrone delivered exceptional results.

The Event

Dedrone is proud to be one of the eight vendors to be invited by the JCO to Yuma Proving Grounds to demonstrate dismounted C-sUAS capabilities in congested and contested environments against both radio frequency (RF) controlled and RF-silent  UAS threats. Dedrone was asked to DTI-M a variety of targets, while being actively interfered with or targeted by adversary jamming systems.

Dedrone’s Performance

During the event, Dedrone faced many sorties comprised of a mix of commercial and do-it-yourself (DIY) first-person-view (FPV) drones. Dedrone successfully detected malicious drone targets with a comprehensive C-sUAS solution, which is driven by their award winning, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) enabled, command and control (C2) platform, DedroneTracker.AI. As a single-pane-of-glass user interface, DedroneTracker.AI provides users with realtime airspace situational awareness. Dedrone’s DedroneTactical system provided the users with a robust means to detect, track and identify a wide range of UAS.  Additionally, DedroneTracker.AI was able to prioritize individual drone threats using threat classification and distance.

‍DedroneDefender 2, a precision hand-held RF and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) jammer, successfully mitigated a variety of drone threats, including both RF-controlled and RF-silent UAS. The system demonstrated remarkable versatility and reliability, successfully mitigating threats that were still well beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS), near the drone’s takeoff location.

Dedrone is first to market with a handheld, dismounted capability that is connected via tactical Mobile Ad-hoc Networking (MANET) radio to DedroneTracker.AI or other standard Department of Defense (DoD) C2 solutions.  The network connection provides the DedroneDefender 2 operator with various information, such as threat location, and aiming assistance via the integrated compute device, which allows the operator to mitigate BVLOS threats.  Specific threat RF protocol information is also provided, enabling the use of protocol specific smart jam techniques which significantly improve EW defeat range and effect on target.

The Global Leader in Airspace Security

Dedrone by Axon is deployed across 33 countries and counts six of the G-7 nation governments as customers. Dedrone has installations spanning over 900 sites, including 53 airports, 64 entertainment venues, 17 U.S. federal entities and 30 non-U.S. government agencies.

Drones remain a persistent and evolving threat to national security. This test event shows that Dedrone by Axon remains at the forefront, ensuring warfighters have cutting-edge, adaptable solutions to meet the challenges of modern warfare head-on. Check back soon for our next blog post which will provide additional detail after the JCO concludes thier post event analysis.

For more information about how Dedrone by Axon is redefining airspace security solutions for use in a variety of challenging operational environments, please feel free to contact us.