C5ISR-Radar Technologies C-UAS
Challenge ended
Description
One Nation Innovation, on behalf of the U.S. Army’s Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center, is seeking qualified vendors to prototype radar technologies that address the growing threat from Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The Army requires Radar solutions capable of providing multi-mission sensing for active protection systems and early warning applications while complying with Size, Weight, Power, and Cost constraints. As sensor capabilities increase, so do integration and power burdens. The Army seeks radar systems that consolidate functions, improve sensing speed, enable real-time processing, and extend engagement timelines to reduce collateral damage. Proposed solutions should be modular, open-architecture, and support integration with other mission-critical systems.
Overall Objective
The objective of this challenge is to identify and prototype radar technologies that strengthen the Army’s counter-UAS sensing capabilities in complex ground and air-to-ground environments, including cluttered, low-elevation, and contested spaces. Solutions should support modular deployment, offer reduced Size, Weight, Power, and Cost (SWaP-C), and enable functionality such as multi-mission active protection, and/or early warning. More specifically, this challenge seeks to prototype: 1) radar sensors to meet the Army’s current needs that can be readily integrated with aerostats, towers, and other fixed-platforms, and 2) low-SWAP-C expeditionary radars capable of integration with combat vehicles and mobile platforms for multi-mission applications.
Problem Statement
The rapid evolution and proliferation of UAS technologies poses a growing threat to forward operating bases, critical infrastructure, and maneuver forces. Current radar systems are either too large, too narrowly focused, or too power-hungry to meet the needs of expeditionary units. As the Army pushes to extend sensing range and engagement timelines while consolidating mission functions, there is a pressing need for radar platforms that are both operationally versatile and optimized for integration into elevated, mobile, or modular deployments.