COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS)

COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS) aims to provide support to the Air and Missile Defense Army Modernization Priority by addressing the increasing threat posed by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) against U.S. forces and Department of Defense (DoD) facilities. The program's specific objectives include the procurement, training, and equipping of fixed, semi-fixed, mounted, dismounted, and handheld counter-UAS capabilities for U.S. forces and strategically-important DoD facilities worldwide. This involves developing a layered defense construct against UAS threats through a mix of electronic warfare capabilities, command and control, and kinetic and non-kinetic effectors. The program also focuses on establishing enduring programs to continuously integrate solutions to address the rapidly-emerging UAS threat that continues to grow in sophistication, range, lethality, and numbers.

The program's goals include advancing the Army's efforts to establish five programs of record: Fixed Site-Low, slow, small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Integrated Defeat System (FS-LIDS); Mobile-Low, slow, small UAS Integrated Defeat System (M-LIDS); Ku-band Radio Frequency System (KuRFS) Family of Radars; Coyote Block 2+ Interceptor; and Handheld/Dismounted Systems. These programs aim to develop Joint and Army-unique solutions for countering UAS threats. Additionally, the program seeks to procure down-selected systems that are already being fielded under existing Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON)/Joint Emergent Operational Need (JEON). The program's objectives also include mitigating critical force protection capability gaps in countering UAS threats to personnel, facilities, and infrastructure in CONUS and OCONUS by providing passive detection capabilities that facilitate positive identification and near real-time decision-making for engagement of UAS threats.