Roshel has introduced a new mobile counter-drone platform, the Senator Counter-UAS Vehicle. Developed in partnership with Leonardo UK, the vehicle merges Roshel’s battlefield-tested Senator Pickup MRAP with Leonardo’s Falcon Shield counter-UAS suite.

The system is designed to provide mobile, rapidly deployable protection against a wide range of UAS threats. According to Roshel, this includes reconnaissance drones, weaponized platforms and essaims de drones, with capabilities to operate both in motion and from static positions.

The Senator platform, with over 1,800 units deployed in Ukraine, forms the core of the vehicle. The new variant maintains its STANAG 4569 Level 2 ballistic and Level 3 blast protection, along with a bolted capsule design, mine-resistant seating and NATO command-and-control (C2) interoperability. The vehicle was designed and manufactured entirely in Canada at Roshel’s Ontario facility.

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While the vehicle is advertised as a mobile solution for modern battlefields, the integration of advanced counter-UAS technology places it in the growing category of platforms responding to the proliferation of uncrewed threats in both conventional and hybrid warfare environments.

The Falcon Shield system, developed by Leonardo and previously fielded by the Royal Air Force and Canadian Armed Forces, brings a range of detection and mitigation technologies. These include AI-based classification, electronic attack and protocol manipulation and a modular, automated C2 suite.

For this application, Falcon Shield has been adapted to remain fully operational while on the move, supporting convoy defense or remote site deployments. Leonardo states that the system can apply both kinetic and non-kinetic defeat methods.

“This collaboration brings together the best of Canadian manufacturing and European counter-UAS innovation,” said Chris Axcell, SVP of Leonardo UK’s Integrated Sensing and Protection business. “Falcon Shield has proven itself in service… We are now offering this level of protection on the move with Falcon Shield Mobile.”

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Interoperability and future growth

The platform is built with an open systems architecture, allowing future integration of new sensors, autonomy modules or effectors. It can also function as part of a distributed counter-UAS network, working alongside fixed installations, dismounted troops or unmanned systems.

According to Roshel CEO Roman Shimonov, the goal is to offer a solution that is “immediately deployable” while reinforcing Canada’s defense industrial base.

“By integrating Leonardo’s Falcon Shield… we’re offering a mobile solution that’s ready for today’s rapidly evolving threats,” he said.

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