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My name is Staff Sergeant Nunez. I'm with Eagle Troop, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment. I'm an infantryman and uh what we're out here doing is we are implementing new counter UAS systems which feature RF links in order so that we are able to be in any fight, any front against any enemy. Um right now we are implementing them at troop level and the squadron level. We are just seeing how they work. We're using it for reconnaissance, we're using it for first strike. And also we have jammers and detectors for any drone systems class 1 through 4. And uh we are utilizing them to detect the enemy drone in the area
both within the squad and within the troop. Sir. Move and shoot, sir. Are they stagnant? Yeah. Still like just moving around in the position but not there's 762. Yeah, they were moving 120. in my dick. Okay, that is an R E O. F O. If you got one in R E O, what does it look like? Two-man team? Uh right now all I see is one man behind a cover, but there's more than likely more than just one with him.
Okay. Eagle 3-6, uh first lieutenant Joshua Pew. I'm here with 2-2 CR, Eagle Troop third platoon. Um and we're out here conducting fly trap, and that's going to be focused on counter UAS systems and UAS systems. Five-man enemy OP team stationary under tree line. Eagle A 2 is Eagle A 3, fire for effect over. Five to two's going to come to the right, connect back to you. AC-360 high. Get up. Get your dudes moving. Marino, tell 6 we're launching Parrot time now. Roger that. We're just going to go with our adversaries, and we're trying to modernize and push the initiative to identify new ways and new systems that the Army can
can mass produce and utilize to counteract these drone systems. So, my snipers are already in this woodline waiting for us. Snipers in there tell me it's clear. And Captain Pernell wants you to fly to the east, which is going to be to the right down this ODA, and scan to see if you can see anything popping up. 3-6-1, you need to get into the control. Hey, I'll buy this thing back. You're going right. Rolling T, rolling T. General rolling T. Yeah, it lets us troubleshoot them at our level and identify where the weak points are and where we need to get better as a troop and as an army overall.
It identifies those big friction points and then TTPs and SOPs, even battle drills that we need to refine and further develop so that, you know, when we take contact via drone, we're not sitting there with our hands in our pockets. We know exactly what to do, what systems use and what best systems to use given that scenario. They've been working very closely with these vendors both with training, implementation, integration as a whole. So, I believe that my soldiers, they understand these systems, they understand their best use case and we need more events like this. We need to have drones flying overhead. We need to react to them. We need to see when we fail, we need to see when we succeed. That'll come over time, that'll come
over more training time available to get my guys right. My name is Major Jared Whitaker from 5th Corps. I am the technical integration and assessment lead for Project Flit Trap where maneuver units specifically can evaluate and develop TTPs or tactics, techniques and procedures on how best to employ counter UAS systems to defeat that threat. So, this iteration of Flight Trap 5.0 is significantly more complex. There's been a much larger force on force period to replicate a more realistic threat environment and then we also have many more systems to see how they can be employed by the maneuver units. So, Project Flight Trap is exploring how we get the cost
differential between the threat and the effector to defeat that threat to be closer. Our munitions, our systems need to be more cost-effective to balance that out. Also to allow for a more rapid refill of ammunition or systems in a fight. So, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 5-4 Air Defense, and 6-1 Cav have taken these systems that we've given them and rapidly learned on the basics of executing and using those systems in roughly 2 weeks. So, we're seeing a very quick time from implementation to understanding of how the systems can be used. So, Flytrap 5.0 will achieve its objectives.
The information we gather here can help inform the acquisitions community and get systems in the hands of soldiers faster than ever before. I think Flytrap 5.0 demonstrates the Army and the joint forces willingness and desire to rapidly innovate and find a solution to a problem. These drones are very eye-opening. Creating this 3D battle space is kind of nuts. You know, if it were easy, it wouldn't be worth it. Uh it's it's been hard. It's It's definitely been hard to integrate all these systems with our stuff. Uh but
that's kind of the whole point, right? Do hard stuff, do great things. Um I think it's like kind of the purpose and the job of an infantryman to get stuff and figure out how to use it to defeat your enemy. Uh and creating excuses of why it doesn't work is not the answer. Finding solutions to problems is what we should do. Seeing my soldiers use this new technology, it's uh kind of eye-opening. Kind of like reminding us that there's people out there with similar capabilities. And uh you have to work harder. You have to rely on different tactics.
Um and I think this kind of opens up pathways to like shared experiences between allies and like just on the foot soldier level like uh if the British guys are doing this, [snorts and music] we can do that. And we can work together and defeat the bad guys.
