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Already in Ukraine, the low-to-no-collateral DroneHunter F700 counter-UAS system can now defeat faster and larger threats like the Russian Orlan-10 and Iranian Shahed-136.
The command said the operations were focused on tracking Iranian military and paramilitary vessels.
The Marine Corps worked with the same US Air Force squadron flying XQ-58s for that service.
The panel's work has been mostly classified, but was focused on linking useful unmanned tech to real operational issues.
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The Navy wants to play with early-stage tech with capabilities relating to distributed electromagnetic attack, deception and digital payload delivery.
The service has been working on several efforts to improve data and infrastructure and enable broader use of those capabilities.
“If you don’t have that objective tension, then it becomes a little bit as we like to say in the Navy, a self-licking ice cream cone,” said Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander of US Fleet Forces.
The exercise highlighting unmanned tech follows what the Navy sees as the success of the cutting edge Task Force 59 under 5th Fleet in the Middle East.
DIU is looking for information by the end of this month and plans to host demos soon thereafter.