This United States Army manual, Army Techniques Publication ATP 3-01.81 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) August 2023, provides brigades and below actions and considerations for conducting local security and counterreconnaissance to deny enemy unmanned aircraft systems from accomplishing their mission. This includes a description of threat unmanned aircraft systems, how to plan for them at brigade and below, defensive and offensive actions for Soldiers and units to take, resources for additional training, and example counter-unmanned aircraft system equipment a unit may be issued or can request.
ATP 3-01.81 is applicable to all members of the Army profession: leaders, Soldiers, and Army Civilians. The principal audience is brigade and below commanders and staff, junior leaders at the company, platoon, and squad level. This manual provides the foundation for counter-unmanned aircraft systems, training and Army education system curricula and future capabilities development across doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy (known as DOTMLPF-P).
