U.S. Army Air Defenders In Europe Assess C-UAS Interceptor

USTKA, Poland – From 02–06 November 2026, the U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s theater divisional air defense battalion conducted an internal assessment of… USTKA, Poland – From 02–06 November 2026, the U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s theater divisional air defense battalion conducted an internal assessment of the FD-1 Interceptor’s counter-uncrewed aerial systems capabilities at the Ustka Training Area, Poland. Spearheaded by its Tactics, Integration and Employment Battery, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52d Air Defense Artillery Brigade, the unit conducted Operation “Audacious Fury” to establish cost-effective, lower-tier kinetic magazine depth against Group 1–3 and massed UAS threats. “There are a lot of systems that we can use to get after defeating the massed UAS threats while staying on the right side of the cost-curve, so we don’t expend our exquisite munitions ineffectively,” said Lt.

Col. John Verwiel, the 5-4 ADAR battalion commander. As such, TIE Battery is not only determining which systems to assess but also solving the problem of how to employ a given system across the force. That means they are the ones developing the associated tactics, techniques and procedures required to teach any novice Soldier how to fly a first-person view drone, such as the FD-1. “We came out here to develop the TTPs and our training tabling certification system to get an operator with