US Army Project Flytrap

Project Flytrap is a recurring series of US Army counter-drone exercises, led by V Corps in Europe together with British forces, that brings soldiers, industry and the acquisition community together to test counter-UAS systems and tactics, rapidly field emerging technology and inform Army requirements. Its first phase began in March 2025, and the fourth iteration ended in July 2025 with battalion-level operations in Germany and Poland. Project Flytrap 5.0, held in Lithuania in spring 2026, assessed more than 20 systems with US, British and Australian forces. In October 2026 the Army invited companies to apply for Project Flytrap 6.0 in the European Command theater.