DTRA JIDO Hard Kill Challenge [Image 4 of 18]

UNITED STATES

02.27.2017

Photo by 1st Lt. Chelsi Johnson 

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Lt. Gen. Michael H. Shields, left, director Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO), receives a helicopter tour of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico from Mr. Norman (Jerry) Tyree, director Material Test. Shields was on-site for the counter-unmanned aerial system Hard Kill Challenge held here, 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 (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force 1st Lt Chelsi Spence, Defense Threat Reduction Agency Public Affairs/Released).

• Date Taken: 02.27.2017
• Date Posted: 03.28.2017 14:08
• Photo ID: 3267108
• VIRIN: 170227-D-MJ296-008
• Resolution: 4033x2522
• Size: 3.73 MB
• Location: US