Project Flytrap: U.S. and U.K. Forces Take on the Drone Fight

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]My name is Major Jared Whitaker from 5th Corps.

[00:00:02]>> [music] >> I am the technical integration and assessment lead for Project Flytrap.

[00:00:07]Project Flytrap is an exploration event [music] 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 Flytrap 5.0 [music] is significantly more complex.

[00:00:29]There has been a much larger force-on-force period to replicate a more realistic threat environment. And then we also have many more systems >> [music] >> to see how they can be employed by the maneuver units.

[00:00:43]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 [music] ever before. I think Flytrap 5.0 demonstrates the Army and the Joint Forces' willingness and desire to rapidly innovate and [music] find a solution to a problem.