India’s Ministry of Defence has issued an urgent Request for Information (RFI) for uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) equipped with nets to neutralise rogue drones. The RFI details a three-part system comprising a drone sensor, drone catcher and ground control station.
According to the RFI, systems should be able to deploy independently or in conjunction with in-service air defence weapon systems and other C-UAS weapon systems in challenging terrains. They must be capable of surveillance, detection and tracking as well as targeting and deploying a net capture system.
The drone sensor, which the RFI says should be based on electronically scanned array technology or better, should be able to “detect the target drones all around with a minimum detection, tracking capability of 20 drones/ and UAS simultaneously”. In addition, “the drone sensor should be able to detect, track and prioritise and thereafter designate the hostile targets to the drone catcher through a ground control station.”
The ground control station will feed information, data received from the drone sensor to the drone catcher remotely via a data link.
In addition, “a jammer subsystem shall provide electronic attack capabilities against hostile UAS, including RF denial, selective GNSS denial, and GNSS deception, across standard and non-standard frequency bands,” the RFI continues. “The system shall support controlled and selective application of soft-kill measures and be capable of operating concurrently with hard-kill effectors without mutual interference.”
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