Driscoll lays out new Army plan to build low-cost interceptors

Driscoll lays out new Army plan to build low-cost interceptors

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll wants to break down the service’s current arsenal of expensive interceptors and build cheaper alternatives from the ground up, aiming to close the costly gap in counter-drone operations in the Middle East. “We want to see if we can create from scratch an interceptor that we can then own the [intellectual property] for,” Driscoll told reporters at the Pentagon today. He added that a “successful interceptor” should be l…