Counter-UAS (C-UAS)
The layered detection, tracking and defeat of hostile unmanned aircraft.
Counter-UAS (C-UAS) is the layered defence against hostile unmanned aircraft: radar and electro-optical sensors that detect and classify small, slow, low-flying targets, and electronic or kinetic effectors that defeat them. Because commercial drones adapted for attack fly beneath the coverage of legacy air defence, C-UAS has become a standing requirement for bases, borders, critical infrastructure and public events.
In practice
Counter-UAS has become a standing requirement wherever bases, borders, critical infrastructure or public events must be protected from small, adapted drones that fly beneath legacy air defence. Unstrat assembles layered C-UAS for buyers, radar and electro-optical sensors that detect and classify low, slow targets, paired with electronic or kinetic effectors to defeat them, drawing on independent manufacturers rather than a single power's stack. The advantage is a defensive edge against a cheap, fast-evolving threat, and a system the buyer can adapt as tactics change. Keeping the sourcing non-aligned means the capability is not locked to foreign upgrade schedules just as the threat shifts. As the accountable single channel, Unstrat integrates detection and defeat into one coherent layer. Localisation arrangements are scoped per programme, subject to export controls and end-use approvals.