Tech Maturation & Risk Reduct
Abstract
Airbase Air Defense Systems (ABADS) The Air Force Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft System (C-sUAS) program will be the principal USAF program to defend against the emerging and growing small unmanned aerial system threat. This program protects strategic assets vital to national security while bedded down and while on the move. It also protects personnel deployed in theater. Small UASs are inexpensive and commercially available and have been used to target US Service members, Allies and Coalition partners. This threat will evolve continuously as commercially available drone technology and drones advance rapidly. The USAF will be analyzing the evolving threat and evaluating new capabilities to take on this threat, while also designing an architecture and new systems to bring down life cycle cost so that capability can be fielded to all 180+ AF installations and protect AF assets globally. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver Airbase Air Defense System capabilities. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605831F. This effort is in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P), because efforts are necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative modes or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 640410_0207522F_4_3600_PB_2021
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