The US military is becoming evermore AI-powered (not embracing such technology risks being overmatched in the next war). Northrop Grumman is one of the major defense contractors leading this effort, including its Forward Area Air Defense (FAAD) and new Advanced Battle Manager (ABM) upgrade - a system incorporating various countermeasures to defeat drone swarms. Drones in Ukraine have achieved a number of world firsts and are poised to pose an even bigger threat in the future.
Here are some fast facts about Northrop's FAAD C2 anti-drone system. 1 Integrates various platforms FAAD C2 integrates air defense missiles, drones, jamming systems, and more Example SAMs: Iron Dome, AN/TWQ-1 Avenger, FIM-92 Stinger Example missiles: AIM-9/120, AGM-114 Hellfire Example drones: RQ-5 Hunter (also jamming systems like Sabre Fury) One of the futures of war is greater integration and cooperation between systems. It is important that if one system (e.
g., a scout UAV) sees a target, another system (e.g.
, a mortar team, rocket, etc.) can engage it. FAAD C2 works to integrate various systems to neutralize threats.
The burgeoning drone war in Ukraine is repeatedly driving home the need to defeat drone swarms - often by using a range of countermeasures. Northrop states , " FAAD C2 integrates short-range air defense (SHORAD), counter-rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM), and counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) systems to detect and intercept incoming threats, warn affected personnel and determ.