Cape Canaveral Space Force Station will get new defenses against small drones in coming weeks, part of a “whole-of-government” effort to better protect the nation’s spaceports as the White House pushes for hundreds more launches per year.
The new gear will come from Joint Interagency Task Force 401, the Pentagon’s counterdrone task force, Space Force Col. Brian Chatman told Defense One on the sidelines of the annual Air, Space and Cyber Conference here. Chatman commands Space Launch Delta 45, which oversees all East Coast launch missions.
Cape Canaveral is “top of their list” for “investing in additional capability,” Chatman said.
“We’re going to see an inject of new capability here in the very short term from JIATF 401, based on the latest and greatest in technology that’s out there,” Chatman said. “That’ll be integrated in with everything we have today.”
by Defense One – Cape Canaveral is building up its counter-drone defenses, Space Force says
