I've long felt that First-Person-View (FPV) suicide drones have an outsized impact because they were scaled up in a counter-measures vacuum on a stalemated front that exaggerated their impact. Counter-measures are catching up in the prototypes if not in the armories of Western countries.
Here we go, an AI-assisted active drone counter-measure:
“Mechanized infantry & armor platforms from troop transports to fighting vehicles like this Bradley are vulnerable to cheap, fast, lethal drones acting as aerial IEDs,” Simoni said on X.
“The Allen Control Systems Bullfrog will reverse that, giving back control to US and allied ground forces.”
The system features a 400-pound (181-kilogram) mount that can carry an M240 machine gun chambered in 7.62×51mm, with a rate of fire of about 600 rounds per minute.
The Bullfrog integrates artificial intelligence, computer vision, and proprietary control software to adapt both legacy and modern weapon systems for precision engagement.
That could reduce the amount of passive protection that vehicles must attach to their hulls down to just front and side grill protection, and for the engine vents and rear, no?
With this and other weapons, counter-measures (active and passive), tactics, and procedures, small drones will become just one more capability in the combined arms kit.
And hey, Bullfrog would fit nicely on my suggested model for a next generation tank, no?
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