MBDA has signed its first export contract with a Middle Eastern country to provide its SKY WARDEN counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) technology.
SKY WARDEN, which earned MBDA the Frontex (European Border and Coast Guard Agency) C-UAS Prize 2025, is a scalable, multi-layer system designed to protect an area from micro to tactical drones, up to eight kilometres away. It is effectively an upgrade of an MBDA developed multi-sensor and multi-effector command and control (C2) system, which enables the detection, identification and classification of threats through use of artificial intelligence.
SKY WARDEN offers a range of effectors designed to counter and destroy enemy drones, such as the CILAS HELMA-P laser weapon, omni and directional jammers, MBDA HTK (Hit-to-Kill) drone interceptors and MISTRAL 3 missile. Sensors and effectors are chosen according to their capabilities and the application’s requirements.
As a modular system, SKY WARDEN can adapt to changing needs. It protects fixed sites or can be vehicle-mounted for mobile protection. It may also be integrated with other medium-range air defence capabilities.
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