Citizen Sensors: Crowd-Sourcing sUAS Intelligence Using Smartphone Apps – A New Tool for Special Operations

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Smartphone applications like Ukraine’s ePPO enable citizens to crowd-source sUAS intelligence, helping to fill gaps in traditional air defenses for special operations. These apps may also be utilized by non-state actors such as cartels and resistance groups for territorial control and operational support.

Abstract Smartphone apps like Ukraine’s ePPO, which citizens use to report UAS activity, can fill gaps in traditional air defenses. Use of these apps can also be extended to non-state actors such as cartels, who increasingly use UAS to control populations and territory, or beyond the air domain in resistance operations against repressive regimes. In these contexts, smartphone apps are … Read more The post Citizen Sensors: Crowd-Sourcing sUAS Intelligence Using Smartphone Apps – A New Tool for Special Operations appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.