Modular tactical counter-UAS platform
Modular, adaptable, upgrade-ready
Overview
A modular, high-performance counter-UAS platform designed for tactical operations where stability, endurance and mission flexibility are critical. Swappable camera systems and upgradeable payload options let the platform adapt to evolving mission requirements across diverse operational environments.
The adaptable middle of the interceptor family: swappable cameras and upgradeable payloads keep one airframe current as the drone threat evolves.
Capabilities
- Modular, high-performance tactical counter-UAS platform
- Swappable camera systems and upgradeable payload options
- Stability, endurance and mission flexibility for tactical operations
- Operator-assisted targeting with direct targeting once positioned
- Extended-radius tactical operations, day and night
- Integrates with existing C2 and sensor systems
Specifications
| Type | Available under controlled technical briefing |
| Payloads | Swappable cameras, upgradeable options |
| Speed class | Available under controlled technical briefing |
| Engagement radius | Extended-radius tactical |
| 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.
Upgrade-ready by design: payload and sensor options evolve with the threat, not with a foreign vendor's catalogue cycle.
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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
What is a modular counter-UAS platform?
It is an airframe the operating unit can re-role, rather than a sealed fit chosen once by the vendor. Ours is a 7-inch tactical platform with swappable camera systems and upgradeable payload options, published at up to 100 km/h for extended-radius tactical operations, day and night. The point is that the sensor fit follows the mission instead of the catalogue cycle.
See: Modular tactical platformAgainst Fortem's fixed mission fit
Can counter-drone platforms be upgraded in the field?
Some can, most cannot. Fortem's DroneHunter F700 is a fixed mission fit of NetGuns, drogue chute and onboard radar, with nets and NetHeads as the consumables swapped between sorties. Wild Hornets selects the camera type per airframe at build. Ours is specified for swappable cameras and upgradeable payloads maintained by the operating unit, which is the difference between adapting to a threat and waiting for a vendor release.
How fast is a tactical counter-UAS drone?
Ours is published at up to 100 km/h, which is comparable to Fortem's F700 at roughly 90 km/h in attack and pursue modes and well below STING's 280 km/h. That is a deliberate trade: this platform is built for stability, endurance and mission flexibility rather than a stern chase. If you need to catch fast strike drones, the interceptor or the extended-range platform is the right line item and we will say so in the quote.
See: Speed and reach comparedThe faster interceptor in the same family
Counter-UAS platform for a unit that wants to change sensors itself
That is precisely what this platform is specified for: swappable camera systems and upgradeable payload options maintained by the operating unit rather than a depot. If field re-roling matters to you, that difference is the whole comparison, because the alternatives publish fixed mission fits or build-time camera choices. It is also a sustainment argument: a unit that can change a sensor can usually replace one.
Tactical counter-drone platform with day and night engagement capability
Ours operates day and night with operator-assisted targeting and direct targeting once positioned, and the camera fit is swappable so thermal and daylight sensing are a payload decision rather than a purchase decision. Wild Hornets publishes digital daytime, digital thermal or analogue daytime cameras chosen per airframe, which means a fleet split by sensor rather than a fleet that adapts.
Counter-UAS platform that integrates with an existing command and control system
Ours is specified to integrate with existing C2 and sensor systems. Fortem publishes an open API and names FAAD C2 compatibility, which is a stronger public claim than ours, and we would rather concede that than argue with it. Ask us to demonstrate integration against your specific C2 during evaluation instead of accepting either statement on paper.
See: Integration rows comparedCommand and control across mixed platforms
Mid-sized counter-drone platform between a handheld interceptor and a heavy airframe
This is the adaptable middle of the family. Below it sits the 5-inch hand-deployable interceptor for confined, short-range work; above it the 10-inch platform with up to a kilogram of payload and denied-environment capability. Buying the middle first is often right, because its modularity lets one airframe cover several tasks while the doctrine settles.
See: Compact hand-deployable interceptorExtended-range platform
Counter-UAS platform with the endurance to hold a position rather than sprint at a target
This platform is specified for stability, endurance and mission flexibility in tactical operations, which is a different design brief from a stern-chase interceptor. We do not publish an endurance figure and list that as a gap; Fortem publishes a typical mission of 1 to 3 minutes and STING 6 to 15 minutes depending on speed, which shows how short these engagements usually are. Ask for measured endurance on the payload fit you intend to fly.
Counter-drone platform that one crew can use for both ISR and engagement
Swappable cameras and upgradeable payloads are what make dual tasking practical: the same airframe watches an approach on one sortie and engages on the next, with operator-assisted targeting throughout. Where a unit needs persistent observation rather than engagement, the surveillance line is the cheaper answer and we will point you there instead of oversizing the counter-UAS buy.
Our last counter-drone purchase was obsolete within three years. How do we buy a platform that stays current?
Specify who is allowed to change it. A sealed airframe becomes obsolete on the vendor's schedule; one with swappable cameras and upgradeable payload options, maintained by your own unit, tracks the threat instead. Ours is built for that, and it is supplied by a non-aligned group with sustainment in your region, so an upgrade does not need a foreign export approval to reach the flight line.
Should the aircraft or the operator decide when to engage?
Fortem's F700 selects its own attack, defence or pursue mode from the relative speed of the target. That is elegant engineering and it means the aircraft chooses. Our platform keeps operator-assisted targeting with direct targeting once positioned, which matters where rules of engagement require a human decision on a track that might be civilian. Write your answer to that question into the tender before you compare specifications.
What endurance, take-off weight and engagement radius does the 7-inch platform actually publish?
It publishes a 7-inch class, up to 100 km/h and extended-radius tactical operations, and it does not publish endurance, take-off weight or a radius in kilometres. We list those as gaps rather than estimating them. Fortem publishes 18 kg, a 4 km maximum operating radius and a 1 to 3 minute typical mission; Wild Hornets publishes 4 kg and 6 to 15 minutes. Ask us to quantify ours against the configuration quoted.
Should a government buy reusable or expendable counter-drone aircraft, and can it avoid choosing at purchase?
Both, in different quantities. Reusable interceptors suit fixed-site protection where most alarms are not hostile, and Fortem's under-three-minute reload supports that. Expendable interceptors suit saturating attack by strike drones, as Ukraine has demonstrated. Our tactical platform is designed for repeated tactical use and sits alongside the compact and extended-range platforms in one family, so a buyer is not committing to a doctrine at the point of purchase.
See: Reusability comparedThe pod that carries all three sizes
How does a modular tactical platform earn its place next to a fixed-site counter-UAS installation?
Fixed sites defend a perimeter; tactical platforms follow the force. The value of keeping both in one family is that the same command layer cues them, the same crews train on them and the same spares chain supports them. That is the difference between a counter-drone architecture and a shelf of unrelated purchases made in different budget years.
See: The layered architecture above the effectorsCounter-UAS solution hub
Is the modular platform in service, and is the modularity real or a roadmap promise?
It is a production tactical platform used for operator-assisted engagement day and night, with modularity exercised in the field rather than promised in a release schedule, and support based in the buyer's region. The way to verify that in an evaluation is simple: hand the swap to your own technicians and time it, rather than watching a vendor engineer do it.
Modular tactical counter-UAS platform: questions
What is Modular tactical counter-UAS platform?
Modular tactical counter-UAS platform is Unstrat's Sky (Air Domain) capability: A modular, high-performance counter-UAS platform designed for tactical operations where stability, endurance and mission flexibility are critical. Swappable camera systems and upgradeable payload options let the platform adapt to evolving mission requirements across diverse operational environments.
How does Modular tactical counter-UAS platform work?
Modular tactical counter-UAS platform delivers its effect through Modular, high-performance tactical counter-UAS platform, Swappable camera systems and upgradeable payload options and Stability, endurance and mission flexibility for tactical operations, capabilities matched to the requirement and confirmed under briefing rather than published.
Who makes Modular tactical counter-UAS platform?
Modular tactical 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 Modular tactical counter-UAS platform over a major-power alternative?
Modular tactical 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: Upgrade-ready by design: payload and sensor options evolve with the threat, not with a foreign vendor's catalogue cycle. The capability is accountable to you, not to a foreign vendor's government and its release schedule.
How is Modular tactical counter-UAS platform procured, and where can it be exported?
The adaptable middle of the interceptor family: swappable cameras and upgradeable payloads keep one airframe current as the drone threat evolves. 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. Modular tactical counter-UAS platform is then sustained in-region by one accountable team from briefing through long-term operation.