The US Department of Homeland Security has revealed plans to spend more than $100 million on systems designed to take out hostile drones.

While not a formal announcement per se, DHS published a notice Wednesday in its Acquisition Planning Forecast System, revealing its intention to acquire Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS), potentially from multiple vendors, between the beginning of 2026 and September 2030.

"The purpose of this procurement is to acquire C-UAS capabilities to address evolving threats posed by unauthorized or malicious unmanned aircraft systems," DHS said in the APFS notice. "These capabilities will support the detection, tracking, identification, and mitigation of UAS threats across diverse operational environments, ensuring the protection of critical infrastructu

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