Drones Are Taking Lives on the Battlefield — Inside Leonardo DRS’ Anti-Drone Tech | Charlene Caputo

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Drones have become one of the most dangerous threats on today’s battlefield — fast, cheap, and hard to spot until it’s too late. In this edition of the Threat Status Influencer Series, Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor visits Leonardo DRS in Germantown, Maryland to see how radar technology is designed to help warfighters detect threats earlier and respond faster.

Guy is joined by Charlene Caputo, Vice President of Business Development at Leonardo DRS, for a walkthrough of the company’s radar production and quality assurance area and a look at systems built to detect, identify, and classify threats — including small drones, swarms, and cruise missiles. They discuss how lessons from conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have shaped the demand for faster, more adaptable systems, and why mobility and cost matter in high-risk environments.

This project was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

In this video:
• Why drones have changed modern warfare — and how forces detect them in time
• How radar systems help separate real threats from clutter
• How Leonardo DRS radars plug into command-and-control networks
• Why cost and mobility matter in high-threat environments
• Inside Leonardo DRS’ radar production and final testing in Germantown

Timestamps:
0:00 – Why drones are changing the battlefield
0:38 – Meet Charlene + inside Leonardo DRS in Maryland
1:27 – How radar helps spot drones in time
2:10 – Where these systems are being used right now
3:20 – How battlefield feedback leads to fast updates
5:04 – Where you can mount these radars (vehicles, ships, buildings)
6:00 – AUSA 2025: Multi-Spectral Tower demo
10:45 – What “end-to-end” really means
11:29 – How AI cuts false alarms + inside the production bay

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