The UK has launched a 5-million-pound ($6.8-million) competition seeking new defenses against mass drone attacks on deployed ground forces.
Known as Project PANOPTES, the initiative calls for an integrated counter-unmanned aerial system capable of detecting, tracking, identifying, and defeating Class 1 drones weighing less than 150 kilograms (331 pounds).
London said it prioritizes technologies that provide sustainable firepower against mass low-cost aerial threats, which risk overwhelming existing defenses and exhaust limited missile inventories.
Read the full story on our new publication, The Drone Front: UK Opens $6.8M Hunt for Innovative Defenses Against Mass Drone Attacks