# Army adds Indiana sites for commercial drone and counter-drone testing, DefenseScoop reports DefenseScoop reports that Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck join the Army's commercial testing initiative, offering restricted airspace and configurable urban infrastructure. Published 2026-10-29 by TGOs. Canonical: https://tgos.io/news/2026/10/29/army-adds-indiana-sites-for-commercial-drone-and-counter/ The Army announced on Oct. 28 that it had designated two Indiana sites for commercial drone and counter-drone testing, DefenseScoop reported.[1] Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center and Muscatatuck Training Center join the Army's Permissive Test Range Expansion Initiative.[1] Vendors can request access to either site, or other locations in the initiative, through testrange.army.mil.[1] For the Indiana sites, an Army Test and Evaluation Command team will work with applicants and the Indiana National Guard to coordinate testing schedules and requirements.[1] The sites offer different testing conditions.[1] Atterbury has more than 34,000 acres and a dedicated restricted airspace corridor up to 40,000 feet, according to the Army release cited by DefenseScoop.[1] Muscatatuck is a 1,000-acre developmental testing site with configurable urban infrastructure for testing drone and counter-drone navigation and tracking systems in complex physical layouts.[1] ## Why it matters Suppliers have two additional locations where they can request test time, but capacity limits mean their preferred site and timing are not guaranteed, DefenseScoop reports.[1] ## Sources 1. DefenseScoop: Army designates 2 additional 'permissive' sites for commercial vendors to test their drone and counter-drone tech