Ondas Holdings Inc has received an initial purchase order from an undisclosed military customer for several Iron Drone Raider counter-drone systems. The systems are to be deployed and operated as part of military defence activities to protect from hostile drones threatening borders, critical locations, populations and defence forces.
The initial purchase comes after Ondas accelerated the development of the Iron Drone Raider system to address certain urgent and specific military-grade requirements related to ongoing geopolitical conflicts across the world. Additional Raider follow-on orders and deployments are anticipated.
The AI-enabled Iron Drone Raider system is designed to tackle all kinds of hostile drones, irrespective of their navigation methods. It deploys a high-speed interceptor drone that identifies and locks on to incoming hostile drones while navigating using AI-enabled sensor technology. Ground-based and on-board thermal and micro-radar sensors are integrated with an AI-powered command and control software capability enabling the autonomous deployment and operation of the Raider drone in complex, GPS-denied environments.
Hostile drone targets are incapacitated with a net. To enable a safe descent, the net can be attached to a parachute which gently lowers the captured drone to the ground. The Raider drone returns to its location of launch after a mission for reuse. The entire process is fully automated and includes a docking station that can store and launch up to five Raider drones simultaneously.
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