The U.S. Division of Protection’s (DoD) Joint Counter-small Unmanned Plane Programs Workplace (JCO) named and really useful for C-sUAS As A Service (CaaS) the DRONE DOME system, supplied through Rafael Programs World Sustainment (RSGS), final month. That is following a collection of demonstrations of the system accomplished at Yuma Proving Floor, Arizona, in April of this yr. DRONE DOME efficiently demonstrated its C-UAS capabilities, which included correct detection, identification and soft-kill capabilities towards quite a lot of drone targets and is now eligible and has been really useful to compete for future CaaS contract alternatives. All through the demonstration, DRONE DOME utilized an RPS-42 radar, an EO/IR system, and an RF detection & mitigation system.

DRONE DOME is an revolutionary end-to-end, combat-proven counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS), offering all-weather, 360-degree speedy protection towards hostile drones. Totally operational and globally deployed, DRONE DOME affords a modular, strong infrastructure comprised of Detection and Classification by digital sensors, Defeating by kinetic (Laser) and digital (Jammer) effectors, and distinctive synthetic intelligence algorithms inside Multi sensors/Multi effectors, open structure Command and Management (C2), to successfully safe threatened air area. Moreover, DRONE DOME has a configurable structure that may be tailored for various operational calls for and to confront quite a lot of threats.

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Drone Dome System (Photograph by Rafael Superior Protection Programs)

Eric L. Brown, Chief Know-how Officer for Rafael Programs World Sustainment: “We’re proud to see this superior RAFAEL know-how being efficiently demonstrated by our American companions on American soil. The choice by the JCO additional illustrates the effectiveness and the relevance of the DRONE DOME system in confronting rising threats in a quickly altering aerial area.”

DRONE DOME’s synthetic intelligence capabilities present a extra exact image of the incoming menace. This extra data permits the system to each detect and determine particular menace parts extra precisely and interact and neutralize the goal quicker and extra effectively. The system’s flexibility throughout navy and civil purposes affords superior safety for maneuvering forces, delicate services, border safety, in addition to more and more weak civilian targets like airports and different public services.

Rafael Programs World Sustainment, LLC (RSGS) is an all-American subsidiary and licensed dealer for Rafael Superior Protection Programs, Ltd. serving North America, working with workplaces in Bethesda, Maryland. RSGS offers an unique direct connection to U.S. Federal, state, and native authorities companies to RAFAEL’s confirmed services. The RSGS imaginative and prescient is to be the main supplier of services to the Protection and Interagency communities. RSGS’ mission is to ship examined and confirmed technical options together with sustainment and technical assist that closes functionality gaps for US Warfighters.