Asymmetric Advantage — NPS Innovators Develop Low-Cost Counter-Drone Technology
- Posted on April 20, 2026
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Asymmetric Advantage — NPS Innovators Develop Low-Cost Counter-Drone Technology
On a warm and windy day in May 2022, two hostile drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), suddenly popped up above McMillan Airfield at Camp Roberts, California. An AquaQuad drone was quickly dispatched from the opposite end and, no sooner than it was in position, immediately launched an automated cyber-attack from 1,000 meters against the first drone, a Parrot Bebop 2. Defeated, it sank to the ground, a gust of wind flipping it over.
