Pictured is a U.S. Air Force photo of a member of the 90th Missile Security Operations Squadron holding up a small drone at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center’s North Training Area, Wyo. on April 7 during a training exercise for the use of drones for missile security and protection of ICBM convoys.

The U.S. Air Force's Point Defense Battle Lab (PDBL) at Grand Forks AFB, N.D., wants companies to submit their ideas on counter small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) by July 31, including "performance data and test results that demonstrate the technologies or services’ ability to utilize C-sUAS kinetic hard-kill measures to protect USAF assets," according to a Wednesday business notice. PDBL said that the C-sUAS "should be easy to use and require minimal training for operators," be deployable by a four-person…