07 April 2020

US CTTSO partners with ELTA to develop enhanced C-sUAS capability

by Andrew White

ELTA North America is working with the US Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) to deliver a pair of Mobile Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial System (C-sUAS) solutions to US armed forces later in the year, company officials have disclosed to Jane’s .

The ‘Defence-in-Depth Payload’ C-sUAS prototypes will be mounted on board special operations forces’ 4×4 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) in addition to the Ford F350 sport utility vehicles (SUVs) operated by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Border Patrols.

The US Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office has engaged industry partners such as ELTA North America to develop rapidly deployable counter-UAS systems. (CTTSO)

According to a CTTSO official associated with the programme, prototypes will be delivered to the armed forces and DHS for “troop training and testing” over the course of third-quarter 2020 in the US.

“In collaboration with ELTA North America, these payloads will each include a dual air-ground X-band 360° staring radar, long-range EO/IR [electro-optical/infrared] optic, directional saturation jammer with a D-FEND Enforce Air non-jamming UAS take-over, safe route, safe land capture component, and the Smart Shooter kinetic C-sUAS system,” the CTTSO official confirmed.

ELTA’s chief executive officer, Yoav Tourgeman, told Jane’s that the latest C-sUAS prototype comprises the latest spiral upgrade that has benefited from over four years of development. The prototypes can detect rotary and fixed wing threats as part of a multisensor and multilayered approach, he added.

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