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C-UAS Must Include the Shooter, Not Just the Drone

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In today’s rapidly evolving C-UAS fight, point-defense solutions remain essential. We must stop and neutralize incoming drones, and radars, cameras, effectors, and jammers all have an important role. But in a world where inexpensive drones can be deployed by the hundreds of thousands, defending against each one individually becomes an expensive, reactive tactic.

Defeating the airframe doesn’t stop the larger threat. True protection means finding the pilot, controller, launch site, or C2 node generating those sorties.

At R2 Wireless, we believe source-based C-UAS must sit alongside traditional point defense. Treating drones like incoming projectiles leads to a costly fight of attrition. Targeting the source shifts the battlefield.

This is where ODIN contributes – by passively detecting and geolocating not just drones, but the controllers and RF nodes that enable them. One picture of the whole chain, not just the last link.

When warfighters can see the source, they can act decisively – not just defending, but going on the offensive, maneuvering, and controlling the battlespace.

 

 

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