A U.S. Army headquarters for southern Europe and Africa has teamed with a rapid-acquisition office to try new small-drone defenses on the continent and get working gear to troops inside 180 days. The first speeded trial is set for spring of 2027 at Tan-Tan, Morocco, and will target protection of first-arriving headquarters and sites.

Unused radio bands, empty skies and mixed landscapes there differ from ranges in America and Europe, letting units prove systems locally then expand them across the force. The office already stations people with several overseas commands and assigned a group to this headquarters last summer. Trials move through intake, troop-run demonstrations and later field checks.