Lt. Gen. Michael H. Shields, third from right, Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO) director, poses with observers and support personnel during the counter-unmanned aerial system Hard Kill Challenge held at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, February 27-March 31, 2017. The focus of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, JIDO sponsored challenge was technologies that can defeat, or hard kill, unmanned aerial systems. While the United States Army is the lead on counter-UAS efforts, the C-UAS effort hearkens back to JIDO’s mission -- which is to help units adapt and counter impro

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Lt. Gen. Michael H. Shields, third from right, Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO) director, poses with observers and support personnel during the counter-unmanned aerial system Hard Kill Challenge held at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, February 27-March 31, 2017. The focus of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, JIDO sponsored challenge was technologies that can defeat, or hard kill, unmanned aerial systems. While the United States Army is the lead on counter-UAS efforts, the C-UAS effort hearkens back to JIDO’s mission -- which is to help units adapt and counter improvised threats

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