Army’s $7 Billion Counter-Drone Push, DJI Chip Ban & Lowe’s Drone Delivery

Counter-drone defense spending and supply-chain decoupling from DJI are accelerating alongside regulatory fights that could slow commercial drone delivery.

• $7B counter-drone IDIQ: Army awarded Allen Control Systems $500M, plus smaller contracts to Dedrone, Droneshield, Echodyne, Nap Tree Technology and PVP Advanced EO for drone/counter-drone and domestic DroneShield programs.
• Cape Canaveral goes laser: Space Force deploys laser-based (not RF) counter-drone systems to avoid interfering with rocketry/satellite operations; similar tech used in an earlier accidental CBP drone shootdown.

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