SYS-01 // Counter-UAS

Kinetic
Interceptor

Built to defeat the threats jamming cannot touch.

SYS-01 · Kinetic Interceptor
ClassCounter-UAS interceptor
Defeat mechanismKinetic, physical impact
GuidanceOnboard, autonomous terminal
Spectrum relianceNone
DemonstratedFull kill chain end to end,
live airborne target
SimulationFull intercepts flown in SITL
StatusFlying prototype, fully autonomous
Component pathNDAA §848 / ASDA screened
Built for the low-altitude fight

Kinetic where jamming fails

The Kinetic Interceptor is built to defeat small drones by physical impact, effective precisely where jamming is restricted, denied, or simply ineffective. The full kill chain, detection through terminal guidance, has run end to end against a live airborne target, and the interceptor flies and guides itself autonomously.

It is built around one governing idea: cost per engagement is a requirement, tracked alongside mass, power, and range. How long you can stay in the fight should come down to how many you have, not what you can afford.

End‑to‑end
Kill chain end to end · live target
Below threat
Cost per engagement design target
No jamming required
Kinetic defeat, independent of the spectrum
§848‑clean
Compliant component path
Capabilities

Three things that define it

01

Kinetic by design

Built to defeat drones that jamming cannot. The guidance runs the engagement with no operator steering it, demonstrated against a live airborne target and flown to intercept in simulation.

02

Cost as a requirement

Unit cost and cost per engagement are design requirements, not afterthoughts. The interceptor is built to cost less than the threat it defeats.

03

Transition ready

A flying prototype today, built from components screened against NDAA §848 and the American Security Drone Act, so it can reach the field quickly.

Built for the fight as it is now

The low-altitude fight has changed

Cheap drones have made the low-altitude environment saturated and unpredictable, much of it below traditional radar coverage and beyond defenses built for something else. Jamming assumes a command link the next threat will not have. Directed energy assumes a fixed site and a large power budget. Conventional interceptors cost far more than the drone they destroy.

The Kinetic Interceptor is our answer to that gap: an interceptor that defeats autonomous threats by physical impact, at a cost that lets you keep firing. The full kill chain has already run end to end against a live airborne target, with a clear path to a fielded system.

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