领导军方应对无人机威胁的美军任务部队准备在反无人机技术合同上投入数十亿美元，此举押注于需要混合武器库来应对战场上快速增长的难题之一。
The US task force leading the military's response to the drone threat is ready to spend billions of dollars on contracts for counter-drone technologies, betting that a mixed arsenal will be needed to contend with one of the fast-growing battlefield problems.
官员们表示，这项投资将有助于扩大不同技术的规模，以便更多联邦机构和军事单位能够获得满足其特定需求、环境和威胁所需的装备。这些合同标志着加速采用反无人机系统的最新一步，持续的冲突和无人机的迅速激增推动了这种紧迫性。
Officials said the investment would help scale different technologies so that more federal agencies and military units can get what they need for specific requirements, environments, and threats. The contracts mark the latest step in accelerating the adoption of counter-drone systems, the urgency driven by ongoing conflicts and the rapid proliferation of drones.
周二，联合跨部门任务部队401（简称JIATF-401）宣布了一系列针对反无人机和反无人驾驶航空器系统技术的新企业合同，总额上限近70亿美元。
On Tuesday, the Joint Interagency Task Force 401, or JIATF-401, announced a new set of enterprise contracts for counter-drone and counter-uncrewed aerial system technologies with a combined ceiling of nearly $7 billion.
负责采购、后勤和技术的陆军助理部长布伦特·英格拉姆对记者表示：“我要说的是，针对无人机威胁没有单一的答案。因此我们不会围绕单一的解决方案来构建。”
"I'll tell you there isn't one answer to the drone threat," Brent Ingraham, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisitions, logistics, and technology, told reporters. "So we didn't build around one solution."
新合同涵盖了一系列公司和反无人机系统能力，包括用于探测和禁用无人机的传感器及其他非动能选项，以及用于将其击落的动能武器。
The new contracts include a range of companies and counter-UAS capabilities, including sensors and other non-kinetic options for detecting and disabling drones, as well as kinetic weapons for shooting them down.
官员们表示，这些合同为各机构未来提供了更多选择，而不是完全依赖某家特定公司或系统。
Officials said the contracts gave agencies more options going forward rather than relying completely on a specific company or system.
JIATF-401负责人马修·罗斯准将在一次圆桌讨论中表示：“我认为这解决了一些问题。第一点是，它确保了这些将被大量普及的能力能够供我们的编队使用。”
"I think it solves a couple of problems," Brig. Gen. Matthew Ross, director of JIATF-401, said during a roundtable discussion. "Number one is it makes sure that these capabilities that are going to be proliferated a ton are available to our formations."
这些合同还有助于扩大系统的可用性，这些系统以前可能被视为国防部专属。JIATF-401取代了五角大楼先前的反无人机部队，其职责范围涵盖军队以及联邦、州和地方机构。
The contracts also help widen the availability of systems that may have been seen as specific to the Department of Defense. JIATF-401 replaced the Pentagon's previous counter-drone force and covers the military as well as federal, state, and local agencies.
今年早些时候，该工作组建立了一个无人机采购平台，供各个部队和机构购买系统。相关工作一直在推进，旨在向国际合作伙伴和盟友开放该平台。本月早些时候，澳大利亚成为第一个成功通过该平台采购技术的盟友。尽管乌克兰战争促使美国适应现代无人机战的新需求，但其他事件和袭击进一步加剧了这种紧迫性。
Earlier this year, the task force stood up a drone marketplace where units and agencies can buy systems. Efforts have been underway to make the marketplace available to international partners and allies as well. Earlier this month, Australia became the first ally to successfully procure technology from the marketplace. While the war in Ukraine has incentivized the US to adapt to the new demands of modern drone warfare, other incidents and attacks have added urgency.
今年3月，敌方无人机在科威特炸死6名美军服务人员；2024年，也在约旦炸死3名士兵。《商业内幕》获得的一份针对后起事件的调查显示，军方对该威胁的准备明显不足。军方官员曾表示，对于击落可广泛配发给大部队的无人机，他们认为没有所谓的“万灵药”；相反，必须提供各种技术以满足特定需求。“如果你考虑到阿拉斯加的第11空降师或第1尔装甲师，它们都是陆军部队，但在反无人机能力方面有着截然不同的需求，”罗斯说道。
Hostile drones killed six US service members in Kuwait in March and three soldiers in Jordan in 2024. An investigation into the latter, obtained by Business Insider, found that the military was insufficiently prepared for the threat. Military officials have said they see no silver bullet for defeating drones that can be easily distributed across the larger force; instead, a variety of technologies need to be available to meet specific requirements. "If you think about 11th Airborne in Alaska or 1st Armored Division, both Army units, they have very different needs in terms of counter-UAS capability," Ross said.
官员们还强调了建立针对无人机的多层防御的重要性，即利用能够在不同射程内进行探测、瘫痪和摧毁威胁的系统。新合同旨在让各部队能够获得这种必要的综合能力。
Officials have also emphasized the importance of building a layered defense against drones with systems that can detect, disable, and destroy threats at different ranges. The new contracts are intended to give units access to that necessary mix of capabilities.