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Iron Drone presents a counter-drone intercepting system that may eradicate small drones with out utilizing GPS or RF jamming. | Supply: Ondas Holdings
Airobotics, a subsidiary of Ondas Holdings, introduced that it has accomplished the acquisition of the property of Iron Drone Ltd, an Israeli-based firm that creates autonomous counter-drone methods. The acquisition turned efficient on March 6, 2023.
Iron Drone presents a fully-automated drone intercepting system that may eradicate small drones with out utilizing GPS or RF jamming. Primarily based on preliminary radar steerage, the corporate’s interceptor drone is launched from a delegated pod and autonomously flies towards its targets. The drone then locks onto the goal with superior AI imaginative and prescient, follows the goal, incapacitates and captures it utilizing a web and a parachute earlier than it safely lowers it to the bottom.
“Iron Drone’s counter-drone know-how is an ideal match for Ondas’ portfolio as it’s a mission-critical system that may be put in to guard delicate property,” Eric Brock, Chairman and CEO of Ondas, mentioned in a launch. “The mix of Airobotics with Iron Drone represents a brand new income alternative for Ondas in a market that’s seeing numerous progress. Iron Drone’s experience and know-how shall be complementary to the Optimus System drone, offering our rising listing of consumers within the public security and industrial sectors with the answer they’re on the lookout for.”
Iron Drone is Ondas’ first foray into the general public security, homeland safety and protection markets. The corporate’s system and Airobotics’ Optimus System collectively provide a government-grade drone system for safety and important infrastructure safety and monitoring.
“We’re transferring quick to carry the Iron Drone answer to the homeland safety worldwide market,” Meir Kliner, Ondas Autonomous Programs President, mentioned in a launch. “We have now already been approached by numerous potential prospects who’re on the lookout for a dependable, non-weaponized counter-drone answer. The distinctive built-in AI-based Iron Drone answer depends on [the] bodily elimination of the goal drone. This makes it efficient towards pre-programmed hostile drones and UAVs which don’t depend on [the] operator’s radio-link. Furthermore, as a result of its low collateral signature, it may be operated in areas the place the usage of jamming is prohibited, akin to airports, populated areas, and important infrastructures. With Iron Drone, our prospects will be capable to neutralize threats whereas using Optimus drones for monitoring, statement, and video surveillance.”
Ondas introduced it was buying Airobotics in July 2022, with the objective of accelerating American Robotics‘, one other Ondas subsidiary, technical improvement and regulatory roadmap and increasing the breadth of functions, use circumstances and vertical AR targets.
Airobotics’ Optimus System is an autonomous unmanned plane system that focuses on high-value functions throughout the industrial, homeland safety and good metropolis companies market. The system consists of an industrial-grade drone-in-a-box and the Optimus Airbase, which permits for robotic battery and payload swapping.
The Scout System from American Robotics consists of Scout, a fully-autonomous drone, ScoutBase, a weatherproof charging and edge computing station and ScoutView, a fleet administration and analytics software program. Scout is meant for industrial, agricultural, and protection markets.
