U.S. Army soldiers being deployed to Afghanistan were taught how to counter COTS drones

Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion 178th Infantry Regiment were taught how to counter commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) drones in a course conducted by the 5th Armored Brigade, First Army Division West.

Soldiers from 5th Armored Brigade, First Army Division West, developed a course of instruction to counter the threat of commercial, off-the-shelf unmanned aerial surveillance vehicles at McGregor Range Complex, N.M., June 28, 2019. Currently, there is no doctrine in place to train soldiers how to deal with COTS UAS.(Photo by Staff Sgt. Mylinda DuRousseau)

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An army in Southeast Asia is getting a comprehensive, multi-layered array of UAS

Elbit Systems announced on Oct. 6 that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $153 million to supply an Army of a country in Southeast Asia with a comprehensive, multi-layered array of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The contract will be performed over a 22-month period.

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32 U.S. Army paratroopers injured during night training jump accident

Paratroopers from the U.S. Army’s Alaska-based 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division were injured on Oct. 3 when they were blown into pine trees after jumping out from a C-130J in Mississippi.

Army paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, jump from an Air Force C-130J Super Hercules during airborne operations at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 16, 2019. The Soldiers of 4/25 belong to the only American airborne brigade in the Pacific and are trained to execute airborne maneuvers in extreme cold weather and high altitude environments in support of combat, partnership and disaster relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)

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