L3Harris Technologies and Shield AI have successfully demonstrated an artificial intelligence-enabled drone detection system during the United States’ defence department’s recent technology readiness experimentation event.
This test event showed the system can quickly detect hostile drones at longer ranges, even if the drones are partially obscured by buildings or clouds. L3Harris tested the passive capabilities using WESCAM MX-Series electro-optical/infrared sensors integrated with Shield AI’s Tracker counter-UAS software to detect multiple classes of uncrewed aerial systems.
The next phase of this collaboration will include fine-tuning different airborne object behaviour models to enhance performance tracking across air, land and maritime domains during daytime and nighttime operations. The AI-powered capability will be integrated with the L3Harris VAMPIRE counter-drone system, which is designed to defend against small drones.
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