Ondas has announced that its subsidiary, Airobotics, has received a new multi-million dollar order from a major European customer in a NATO country for its Iron Drone Raider counter-drone system.
The award follows the operational deployment of the Iron Drone Raider system at a major European international airport under a separate contract with the same customer. That earlier deployment formed part of $16.8 million in orders to protect two large European airports, according to the company.
The latest contract is focused on protecting critical assets in complex civilian environments, including infrastructure such as airports. Counter-drone operations in such settings present regulatory and safety challenges, particularly where traditional mitigation measures such as radio frequency jamming could interfere with aviation communications, or where kinetic interceptors risk generating falling debris.
Ondas states that Iron Drone Raider uses a net-based kinetic interception method designed to capture and neutralize drones while reducing collateral risk. The company argues that this approach is better suited to densely populated and aviation-sensitive environments than systems that rely solely on jamming or ballistic interception.
“The rise in hostile drone activity has reshaped security requirements for airports and urban critical infrastructure,” said Eric Brock, Chairman and CEO of Ondas. He said regulated environments require counter-UAS systems that can operate without disrupting communications or creating additional safety risks.
Oshri Lugassy, Co-CEO of Ondas Autonomous Systems, said the airport deployment demonstrates that autonomous drone interception is operationally viable in civil aviation environments. He added that the system is designed to be autonomous and reusable, with an emphasis on minimizing collateral damage.
Ondas said the Iron Drone Raider system can be integrated with complementary technologies within its portfolio, including radio frequency cyber mitigation tools and optical detection and classification systems, to provide a layered airspace defense architecture.
The new order reflects growing European demand for counter-UAS systems tailored to civilian infrastructure protection, particularly in NATO member states facing increased concern over low-altitude airspace security.
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