The ability of infantry to defeat small drones with their personal weapons for last-ditch defense in a layered defense is pretty much my ideal world to avoid burdening troops with extra gear.
An “aim assistant” from Zeromark helps soldiers shoot down drones with bullets—rather than with lasers that are still under development or jammers that don’t work against autonomous drones.
I've long been concerned about burdening Army close combat forces with the responsibility for drone defense. Much as they rely on combined arms to provide primary defense against armor, infantry, or helicopters*--save for limited capabilities when they are on their own at the moment--I wanted those units to rely on fighter drone coverage for drone swarm defense (see my Army article). Having full responsibility for all threats distracts from primary close combat missions.
The Army needs dedicated air defense units able to defeat drones in the theater from bases to the front.
But if the tip of the spear's basic weapons for their primary mission can be used to kill small drones, that's ideal.
And "aim assistant" leading to self-aiming will enhance primary mission skills if the Army and Marines exploit that aiming revolution (see my USNI Blog article).
*Armor needs infantry and air defense to defeat infantry and helicopters; infantry needs armor and air defense to defeat armor and helicopters, for example.
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NOTE: Marine Corps photo.
