{"id":223578,"date":"2026-06-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/initial-counter-drone-technologies-deliver-a-sting\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:20:25","slug":"initial-counter-drone-technologies-deliver-a-sting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/initial-counter-drone-technologies-deliver-a-sting\/","title":{"rendered":"Initial Counter-Drone Technologies Deliver a Sting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afcea.org\/signal-media\/emerging-edge\/initial-counter-drone-technologies-deliver-sting\">Initial Counter-Drone Technologies Deliver a Sting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afcea.org\/signal-media\/emerging-edge\/initial-counter-drone-technologies-deliver-sting\">https:\/\/www.afcea.org\/signal-media\/emerging-edge\/initial-counter-drone-technologies-deliver-sting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-01 08:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.afcea.org\">www.afcea.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) 401 began testing prototypes of the second iteration of the U.S. military\u2019s Bumblebee counter-drone system, dubbed Bumblebee Version 2 (V2), on April 23 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The V2 features advanced artificial intelligence for automated target recognition, part of its anti-drone capability.<\/li>\n<li>Perennial Autonomy is manufacturing the Bumblebee counter-drone capabilities, having been awarded a $5.2 million contract by JIATF.<\/li>\n<li>The operational testing includes both the original version (V1) and V2, alongside quad-rotor drones, and is part of expediting the deployment of affordable counter-unmanned aerial systems (UAS).<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. military identifies a significant threat from hostile drones, as seen in conflicts in Iran and Ukraine, prompting priority on counter-UAS initiatives for smaller drones.<\/li>\n<li>The JIATF, under Brig. Gen. Matthew Ross, leverages various military units for testing, with the 10th Mountain Division and 18th Airborne Corps actively involved.<\/li>\n<li>Bumblebee V2 is designed to integrate with existing layered defensive systems, with significant satisfaction among leaders regarding its capabilities and ease of use.<\/li>\n<li>The Bumblebee system package includes an advanced camera system with improved gimbal rotation, enhanced software, and a comprehensive ground station setup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Initial Counter-Drone Technologies Deliver a Sting https:\/\/www.afcea.org\/signal-media\/emerging-edge\/initial-counter-drone-technologies-deliver-sting Publish Date: 2026-06-01 08:00:00 Source Domain: www.afcea.org The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.afcea.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/medium\/public\/2026-05\/F7_Dronepic1_JUN26.jpeg?itok=__2iGP3T","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-223578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223582,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223578\/revisions\/223582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}