Army orders device that automates tracking and shooting down drones

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Samuel Frankowski, a light armored vehicle driver with the Maritime Raid Force, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sights in a modified M4 carbine on a VBAT unmanned aerial system aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) during counter-small UAS training in the Pacific Ocean, April 4, 2026.

A defense technology company this week announced receipt of a $10.7 million order to supply the U.S. Army with a device that, when mounted on a rifle, can enable soldiers to automate the tracking and shooting down of small drones.

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