MBDA UK, as part of its Farnborough International Airshow offering 2024, is showcased a new effector concept for its Sky Warden counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) modular solution.
The new effector concept is a ground-launched anti-air munition targeting threats that include Class 1 and smaller Class 2 small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS) and Loitering Munitions. Collaborating with Fortem Technologies and utilizing their DroneHunter® technology, the concept enables the rapid incorporation of a warhead on a drone to defeat threats at lower cost. Tests of the munition have proved its effectiveness and lethality.
Éric Béranger, CEO of MBDA UK, said: “Our flagship Sky Warden modular C-UAS system is designed to evolve at the same rapid speed as the drone threat the world now faces, as demonstrated so effectively in recent trials. This latest effector solution shows MBDA in our best light: innovative and agile, adapting to the environment around us, and anticipating our customers’ needs. The exciting advance MBDA have made with this effector is in creating an independent warhead design that operators can add to a drone in the battlefield. It demonstrates our collaboration DNA, partnering with an emerging technology company to create a new low-cost counter drone effector.”