DSEI 2023: MARSS releases details on C-UAS takedown success and more uses for system
The Interceptor MR just before its collision with a small UAV. (Photo: MARSS)
C-UAS company MARSS has released imagery of its latest takedown of a small drone using its Interceptor Medium Rage (MR) UAV and displayed further concepts of operation as it moves closer to fielding the Interceptor and looks to leverage its NiDAR radar system.
The MARSS field test on 11 September saw the Interceptor MR take down a small DJI-style UAV at a distance of 5km from the operator with limited damage to the Interceptor.
A key aspect of the system is that the engines cut off and rotors retract before the collision protecting the most fragile part of the aircraft. On return the Interceptor MR can conduct a systems scan for damage and the operator can make a visual check before it is returned to the launch box for recharging.
On the company’s stand at DSEI it displayed models of a trailer-mounted multi-canister CUAS system which would be a further development of the planned system which has individual boxes and also the NiDAR X-Scout – a rapidly deployable C-UAS package which builds on the existing NiDAR.
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