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Counter-UAS trials at a UK military airfield

We took our detection, tracking and effector systems to a UK military airfield and flew live targets against them, to find where their limits sit.

Counter-UAS sensors, a camera turret and RF antennas on tripods at the edge of an airfield

We took our counter-UAS chain to a military airfield in the United Kingdom and ran it in the open, against live flights and real radio conditions.

The whole chain was on the line: passive RF detection, an electro-optical camera with AI tracking, and our software-defined RF effector. Each part had to work with the others, not on its own. Our AI vision system found drones on camera and held track as they moved, which matters when a target gives little away on radio.

The aim was not a demonstration. We pushed each system until it stopped working properly, and we recorded where that line sat. A trial that only shows the good case teaches you nothing.

What we learned goes back into the products: the detection software, the tracking model and effector control. A working military airfield sets a higher bar than our own test field, and we thank the team who hosted us.

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