DefenseNews.com, May 25, 2018 – The counter-drone solution set is already crowded, but a Sierra Nevada-led team is seeking to set itself apart with a system that can work on the move. Sierra Nevada brought its X-MADIS mobile drone defeat system mounted on a Chevy Colorado pickup truck to the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference this week, stirring up interest within the special operations community.
Over the past year, Sierra Nevada, in partnership with Ascentvision and Israeli company RADA Technologies Inc., developed the C-UAS system for a customer within the U.S. Department of Defense. The team was formed because the customer chose each for “best of breed” capabilities essential to a highly mobile system, according to Jerry Coburn, Sierra Nevada’s director of business development, who spoke to Defense News at the show.
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