Alpine Eagle, the counter-drone defence technology company, is scaling production of its Sentinel counter-drone system as governments seek rapid, deployable solutions to defend against large-scale drone threats. The company is planning to open a 2,000-square-metre production facility for its own-developed interceptor near Munich, supporting its next phase of industrial scaling.
“The company has seen accelerating demand across Europe,” said the company in a press release. “Sentinel was first deployed with the German Bundeswehr in 2024 as a launch customer, and Alpine Eagle has since secured contracts with three new European customers and has expanded to the UK and the Netherlands. Sentinel combines Alpine Eagle’s airborne radar and sensor network with a software-defined defence architecture to detect and track hostile drones across wide areas and defeat them with onboard airborne interceptors.
Alpine Eagle is now participating in a defence innovation programme in the Netherlands, and over the past year, it has also conducted counter-drone trials in Ukraine and participated in Project Vanaheim, a counter-UAS trial involving the US and UK armed forces. Alpine Eagle has expanded its team from 12 employees in 2024 to 50 in 2026, with plans to reach 100 employees this year as production scales.
To support scalable production, Alpine Eagle integrates its technology with the DeltaQuad Evo, a UAV platform produced by Dutch manufacturer DeltaQuad. The partnership provides access to industrial-scale production capacity while strengthening a resilient European supply chain. By combining proven hardware with proprietary sensing and defence software, Alpine Eagle can deliver deployable counter-drone systems faster than traditional defence programmes.
Alpine Eagle’s technology has already been tested in operationally relevant environments, including trials conducted in Ukraine, where counter-drone systems face constant pressure from mass drone attacks and must function reliably under disrupted GPS conditions.
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