DronePort in Sint-Truiden is currently hosting a test campaign that brings together Belgian technology company ZSE and Japan’s Toshiba.
Throughout September, the two partners are carrying out practical trials with Toshiba’s long-range radar, a system designed to detect drones up to 10 kilometres away. The aim is to explore how this radar can help protect airports, harbours and other critical infrastructure, while also testing integration with ZSE’s radio frequency–based detection system.
The radar will remain at DronePort until the end of September. A second Toshiba team will then return to participate in the Belgian TIE 2025 exercise, coordinated by Agoria and the Counter-UAS Working Group. This week-long event will bring together around 15 companies for integrated demonstrations, red-versus-blue drone scenarios and structured discussions on interoperability. Toshiba’s radar and ZSE’s RF system will create an integrated air picture, demonstrating how multiple sensor layers can combine into a single, resilient detection capability.
DronePort said the September test is a chance for ZSE to validate how radar complements the company’s radio frequency detection, extending coverage to drones that do not rely on radio signals. “Toshiba benefits by gathering valuable data from a European environment, testing scenarios that cannot be replicated in Japan, and demonstrating its radar technology to the European counter-drone community,” DronePort added.
The ZSE and Toshiba test follows the establishment of Belgium’s first permanent Drone Detection & Counter-Uncrewed Aerial Systems Testing and Expertise Centre – a partnership between DronePort and SkeyDrone.
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