"I would try to stay as close as possible. He would fly, and I would try and chase him as best as possible,"
""We're flying with analog systems," Shae said. "They're not digital systems, so they don't have the greatest picture quality.""
Windy, rainy conditions at Fort Rucker, Alabama did not prevent US Army soldiers from practicing a first-person-view (FPV) drone interception of a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft that resulted in a drone-on-drone kill. Weeks of practice by the Bayonet Innovation Team of the 173rd Airborne Brigade produced the capability. Chief Nate Shae of the Pennsylvania National Guard flew the FPV drone after roughly two weeks of training and pursued a fixed-wing drone operated by Chief Andrew Topits. Shae detonated an explosive payload when within range. Operators faced challenges locating targets on analog video feeds and maintaining speed and flight-time to keep up with fixed-wing aircraft. The event reflects accelerating Army experimentation with uncrewed combat systems.
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