BAE Systems reports it has successfully completed integration and deployment testing of its Anti-Threat System (BATS), “marking a significant milestone in the rapid development of its latest counter-drone capability,” said the company in a press release. “BATS is a scalable counter-uncrewed threat system developed by BAE Systems’ Digital Intelligence business. It is designed to detect, track, identify and defeat hostile drones, providing layered protection for military forces, critical infrastructure and other high-value assets. Since initial concept, the BATS solution has advanced to field-based integration and deployment testing in just eight months – an accelerated timeline that reflects the urgency of countering increasingly sophisticated uncrewed threats on the battlefield.
Louise Heywood, Head of Strategy at BAE Systems’ Digital Intelligence business, said: “The test demonstrated exactly what BATS is designed to achieve – rapid deployment, seamless integration and the capability for fast, effective response.
Conducted with MSI-Defence Systems, the test integrated its firing technology to track threats at a secure testing site in Norfolk, successfully proving BATS’ modular, software-defined approach to countering uncrewed threats. During testing, the team also successfully demonstrated the ability to rapidly deploy, dismantle and re-establish BATS in a new location, proving it can keep pace with the demands of the modern battlefield, said the company.
Following the success of integration and deployment testing, the programme now moves into its next phase with live trials later this summer. These trials will incorporate both kinetic and non-kinetic countermeasures for the first time, marking a key step for demonstrating how BATS can address uncrewed threats with a variety of responses.
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