Extended-range counter-UAS platform
Counter-swarm, larger payload, longer range
Overview
A high-performance counter-UAS platform engineered for contested environments, longer endurance and higher-payload missions. Carries up to a kilogram of mission payload with track-and-engage assistance and RF- and GPS-denied capability, mission-ready for the most demanding environments.
The largest of the interceptor family: engineered for longer endurance, up to a kilogram of payload and RF/GPS-denied capability in contested, counter-swarm environments.
Capabilities
- High-performance counter-UAS platform for contested environments
- Longer endurance and higher-payload missions: up to 1 kg mission payload
- Track-and-engage assistance for counter-swarm operations
- RF-denied and GPS-denied operational capability
- Swappable camera systems and asset-mission capability
- Integrates with existing C2 and sensor systems
Specifications
| Type | Available under controlled technical briefing |
| Mission payload | Available under controlled technical briefing |
| Reach | Available under controlled technical briefing |
| Denied environments | RF- and GPS-denied capable |
| Origin | Independent / non-aligned |
Why Unstrat: the difference
Unstrat is the authorised global representative and distributor for this capability. It is already in service with a track record behind it, so you are buying something that has done the job elsewhere, not funding a first attempt. You are not the test bed.
Independent, non-aligned origin, with no political exposure to any major-power ecosystem.
One accountable team from first briefing through delivery and in-region sustainment.
Built for denied environments: keeps tracking and engaging when jamming takes the easy links away.
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Procurement & sustainment
Classification and the end-user-certificate chain are confirmed before this capability is represented to your market.
Sourced from an independent manufacturer: no major-power disclosure rules or political conditions.
A single team responsible from first briefing through delivery: not a chain of foreign primes to integrate yourself.
Lifecycle support and operator training delivered in-region, building capability that outlasts the initial deployment.
Questions buyers ask
Which counter-drone interceptor works in GPS-denied conditions?
Ours is specified for RF-denied and GPS-denied operation, which is the reason this platform exists. Neither Fortem's DroneHunter F700 datasheet nor Wild Hornets' STING specification publishes a denied-navigation capability; Fortem publishes AES-128 or AES-256 link encryption, which protects the link and is a different thing. Whichever vendor you choose, insist that the capability is demonstrated under live electronic attack during acceptance.
See: Extended-range platformDenied-environment rows compared
How much payload can a counter-UAS drone carry?
Ours carries up to 1 kg of mission payload, which is what lets a single airframe fly thermal sensing and a defeat mechanism together. STING carries 500 g with remote detonation initiation. Fortem's F700 carries NetGuns and a drogue chute rather than a free payload, with a maximum tethered capture weight of 6 kg. The payload figure usually decides how many airframes you need per task.
Best counter-drone system for contested airspace
Contested means the easy links are taken away first, so judge candidates on what they do without GNSS and without a clean control channel. Our 10-inch platform is built for that case: RF-denied and GPS-denied operational capability, longer endurance, up to a kilogram of payload and track-and-engage assistance for counter-swarm work. Everything else is impressive right up until the jamming starts.
See: Contested-environment platformElectronic warfare for the drone age
Heavy counter-UAS interceptor for critical infrastructure protection
Weigh two things honestly. Fortem's F700 has the stronger public record and a published 4 km operating radius against our 2+ km, and net capture avoids debris over a populated site. Ours carries up to 1 kg of mission payload, works when navigation and links are jammed, and comes with in-region sustainment rather than a foreign depot cycle. For an urban site with heavy civilian overflight, take Fortem's low-collateral capture seriously.
See: Infrastructure protection programmeF700 against the extended-range platform
Counter-swarm interceptor with track-and-engage assistance
Track-and-engage assistance is what turns several airframes into a defence rather than several separate intercepts: the platform is supported in holding and prosecuting a track while the command layer allocates the rest. Ours carries that for counter-swarm operations. Fortem's approach is multiple DroneHunters cooperating across a protected area under SkyDome Manager, cued by long-range radar, which is the same instinct with one effector type.
See: The counter-swarm command layerCounter-swarm rows compared
Counter-UAS platform against Shahed-type strike drones
The proven answer in that specific fight is a fast expendable interceptor, and Wild Hornets publishes 280 km/h, an 18.5 km radius and a hit rate of 80 to 90 per cent. Ukrainian production is committed to Ukraine. Our extended-range platform is the equivalent heavy effector available for export, with the honest caveat that its published reach is 2+ km, so it works inside a defended volume with sensors pushed forward rather than as a long-range chaser.
Counter-drone aircraft with swappable sensors for changing missions
The 10-inch platform carries swappable camera systems and asset-mission capability, so the same airframe changes role between sorties. Fortem's F700 flies a fixed fit of onboard radar and NetGuns; Wild Hornets chooses the camera per airframe at build. Where re-roling matters more than raw speed, the modular platforms in this family are the better fit and we will say so in the quote.
Counter-UAS interceptor that can carry a thermal camera and a defeat payload at once
Payload budget is what decides that. Ours carries up to 1 kg of mission payload with swappable camera systems, which is the practical threshold for flying sensing and an effect together instead of splitting them across two sorties. STING's published 500 g and the F700's fixed net fit both point the other way, towards single-purpose airframes.
Largest counter-drone interceptor in a family that shares training and spares
This is the 10-inch platform at the heavy end of a family that also includes the 5-inch hand-deployable interceptor and the 7-inch modular platform. Buying inside one family keeps crews, spares and the command layer common, which is usually a bigger saving than any single airframe's specification advantage. The pod configuration exists to deploy all three together.
See: Pod deployment of all three sizesThe 7-inch modular platform
What does RF-denied and GPS-denied operation actually mean in test terms, and how do we prove it during acceptance?
Ask for the fallback mechanism, not the phrase. A credible answer describes how the aircraft navigates and holds a track when satellite navigation is unavailable and the control link is contested, and it survives a live electronic-attack trial on your range. We publish the capability and we openly list the test-level detail as a gap we owe buyers, because a claim that has not been demonstrated under attack is a brochure line rather than a capability.
We need to engage drones further out than our current interceptors reach. Does the extended-range platform actually solve that?
Partly, and you should hear the limit before you sign. It publishes a 2+ km reach against Fortem's 4 km maximum operating radius and STING's 18.5 km tactical radius with return. Its advantages are payload, denied-environment operation and counter-swarm tasking, not distance. If deep interception is the requirement, the honest answer is to push sensors forward and defend a volume rather than expect one airframe to chase across the map.
See: Reach figures comparedLayered detection ahead of the effectors
What endurance and ceiling does the platform have, and why are those figures not published?
We publish longer endurance as a design property without a figure in minutes, and we do not publish a service ceiling. Both are listed as gaps rather than estimated, because endurance depends on the payload fitted and the ceiling on the configuration flown. For benchmarking, STING publishes 6 minutes at maximum speed, up to 15 at cruise, and an operational band of 0 to 5,000 m with a 7,000 m maximum. Ask us for measured figures on your fit.
Can this platform be integrated with the air-defence command system we already operate?
It is specified to integrate with existing C2 and sensor systems, and where it is bought alongside our own line, the same command layer that fuses radar, RF and optical detection allocates it. Fortem publishes an open API with named integration into C2 systems including FAAD C2, which is a more specific public claim. Make integration a demonstrated criterion during evaluation for every vendor on your list.
See: Command and control across mixed platformsIntegration rows compared
How many of these platforms does a state need to defend a single high-value site?
The answer comes from the threat volume and the engagement cycle, not from a catalogue. Size it on how many airframes can arrive at once, how long each engagement takes and how quickly you can put the next effector in the air. That arithmetic usually argues for several cheaper effectors under one command layer rather than a few premium ones, which is why this platform is the heavy end of a family rather than a standalone purchase.
See: Pod deployment of the whole familyCounter-UAS solution hub
Is the extended-range platform in production, and who supports it once it is in our inventory?
It is the largest platform in a fielded interceptor family, built for contested airspace with longer endurance, heavier payload and track-and-engage assistance, and it is supplied and sustained in the buyer's region. That last point is the one buyers underrate: spares held locally by a non-aligned supplier mean a policy change in a foreign capital does not ground your defence.
Extended-range counter-UAS platform: questions
What is Extended-range counter-UAS platform?
Extended-range counter-UAS platform is Unstrat's Sky (Air Domain) capability: A high-performance counter-UAS platform engineered for contested environments, longer endurance and higher-payload missions. Carries up to a kilogram of mission payload with track-and-engage assistance and RF- and GPS-denied capability, mission-ready for the most demanding environments.
How does Extended-range counter-UAS platform work?
Extended-range counter-UAS platform delivers its effect through High-performance counter-UAS platform for contested environments, Longer endurance and higher-payload missions: up to 1 kg mission payload and Track-and-engage assistance for counter-swarm operations, capabilities matched to the requirement and confirmed under briefing rather than published.
Who makes Extended-range counter-UAS platform?
Extended-range counter-UAS platform is built by The Unmanned Systems Developer, whose focus is counter-uas, loitering munitions & unmanned aircraft. Unstrat represents The Unmanned Systems Developer to government and enterprise buyers worldwide as an independent, non-aligned prime vendor.
Why choose Extended-range counter-UAS platform over a major-power alternative?
Extended-range counter-UAS platform is sourced from an independent, non-aligned manufacturer, so it carries no major-power disclosure rules, upgrade-locks or political ramifications. Concretely: built for denied environments: keeps tracking and engaging when jamming takes the easy links away. The capability is accountable to you, not to a foreign vendor's government and its release schedule.
How is Extended-range counter-UAS platform procured, and where can it be exported?
The largest of the interceptor family: engineered for longer endurance, up to a kilogram of payload and RF/GPS-denied capability in contested, counter-swarm environments. Every engagement begins with a briefing, and export eligibility is confirmed per market under briefing rather than published. Where controlled capabilities are involved, the classification and end-user-certificate chain is confirmed first. Extended-range counter-UAS platform is then sustained in-region by one accountable team from briefing through long-term operation.