Tactical Guide
US JCO model
Joint Counter-sUAS Office- 1.Detect — Sense the threat (radar, RF, acoustic, EO/IR).
- 2.Track — Maintain a continuous track usable for engagement.
- 3.Identify — Classify type, intent, and friend/foe.
- 4.Decide — Apply ROE, prioritize, select effector.
- 5.Defeat — Soft-kill (EW) or hard-kill (kinetic / DE) the threat.
NATO variant
NATO C-UAS doctrinal notes- 1.Detect — Persistent multi-sensor surveillance.
- 2.Deter — Posture and signaling that raise the cost of engagement.
- 3.Deny — Degrade GNSS, comms, or routes available to the UAS.
- 4.Disrupt — EW, cyber, or spoofing to break the kill chain.
- 5.Destroy — Kinetic or directed-energy terminal defeat.
Sources: JCO — Joint Counter-sUAS Office (US DoD) · NATO — Counter-drone innovation (Latvia range, 2026) · US Army ATP 3-01.81 — Counter-UAS