Multi-modal counter-UAS system
Deploy faster than the threat
Overview
This multi-modal counter-UAS system brings multiple sensing and defeat modes together in one system, built to deploy faster than the threat it defends against. A single sensor rarely sees every drone; radar misses the small and slow, radio-frequency sensing misses the autonomous, and optics miss the dark. Fusing the modes closes those gaps and cross-checks a track before an operator commits to a response. AI-powered intelligence handles the detection and cueing at machine speed while the decision to engage stays with the crew. Secure anti-jam communications keep the sensors and effectors talking when the attacker is trying to break that link, and rapid deployment means a site can stand the system up before an incident rather than after it. Because it ships as one integrated system rather than a shelf of separate boxes, a customer trains one crew, sustains one logistics chain and answers to one accountable team for the whole capability.
This packaged counter-UAS answer puts multiple sensing and defeat modes in one system, deployed faster than the threat it defends against, so a site is not left assembling a defence out of parts from separate vendors while an attack is already under way.
Capabilities
- Multi-modal counter-UAS: multiple sensing and defeat modes fused in one system, covering the small, slow and dark targets a single sensor misses
- AI-powered intelligence for real-time detection and cueing, with the decision to engage held by the operator
- Secure communications with military-grade encryption and anti-jamming to hold the sensor-to-effector link under attack
- Rapid deployment so a site can stand the system up before an incident rather than after it
- Delivered and sustained in-region by one accountable team, keeping the whole capability under a single point of responsibility
Specifications
| Type | Multi-modal counter-UAS system |
| Origin | Independent / non-aligned |
| Support | In-region sustainment |
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.
Multi-modal by design: one system rather than a shelf of separate sensors and effectors, so a customer trains one crew and sustains one logistics chain instead of integrating boxes that were never meant to work together.
Fused detection cross-checks a track across modes before an operator commits, which cuts the false alarms that exhaust a crew and the misses that let a real threat through.
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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 multi-modal counter-UAS system?
Multi-modal means several sensing modes and several defeat modes inside one product, rather than a shelf of separate boxes bought in different budget years. Ours packages those modes with AI-powered decision support, military-grade encrypted and anti-jam communications, and a design brief of deploying faster than the threat it defends against.
See: Multi-modal counter-UAS systemAgainst İHTAR 100 and KAPAN
What is the best alternative to Turkish counter-UAS systems?
Concede what is true about them first. Aselsan publishes radar band, 30 rpm scanning and 40 degree elevation coverage for İHTAR 100; Meteksan publishes 2.5 km detection with AI-integrated classification for KAPAN. Both are jammer-centred and both are sold under Turkish export control. Our multi-modal system packages sensing and defeat modes together with in-region sustainment and no state shareholder in the supply chain.
How quickly can a counter-UAS system be deployed?
Ours is specified for rapid deployment, and we do not publish a setup time, which you should hold us to during evaluation. Aselsan's İHTAR 100 is designed for fixed installation or integration onto any vehicle and states operation with minimum operator intervention; Meteksan's KAPAN mounts stationary or mobile. In practice, deployment speed depends far more on siting, power and communications than on the box, so test it on your ground.
Counter-UAS system with encrypted, jam-resistant communications
Our system carries military-grade encryption and anti-jamming on its own links, which neither Aselsan nor Meteksan publishes for İHTAR 100 or KAPAN. That matters because a counter-drone system whose internal links can be jammed is a target as well as a defence. Ask any vendor what protects the link between its sensors, its command layer and its effectors, and expect a specific answer.
See: Communications security rowsSecure communications programme
Packaged counter-drone system for a government with no integration capacity in-house
That is the case a packaged system is for. Buying counter-UAS one sensor at a time is how programmes take three years and arrive with a seam nobody owns. Multi-modal delivery means the sensing and defeat modes were designed against each other and tested by the manufacturer, and our support model puts spares and training in your region rather than in a foreign service contract.
AI-assisted counter-drone command and control
Ours provides AI-powered real-time decision making and adaptive mission planning inside the system. Aselsan's İHTAR C2 is the serious comparison here, with GIS, alarm zones, sensor fusion, decision support and effector allocation algorithms in web-based software; Meteksan offers a common operational picture with fused tracks and jammer cueing. Judge these on what the operator has to do under load, not on the feature list.
Counter-UAS system that does not rely on jamming alone
A jammer has close to zero cost per engagement, which is why Aselsan and Meteksan build around one. The recurring costs sit elsewhere: spectrum authorisation, disruption to your own GNSS and mobile links, and the threats it cannot stop. Multi-modal defence costs more per engagement and fewer threats get through, which is the trade to put in front of your finance ministry rather than hiding it.
See: Cost of ownership against a jammer-based suiteDefeat approaches compared
Counter-UAS for a police or civil-security agency buying its first system
A first system should be simple to operate, quick to site and hard to strand. Ours is packaged rather than assembled on delivery, carries AI-assisted decision support so the operator is not reading raw tracks, and is sustained in-region so a fault does not become a shipping problem. Start from the sites and events you have to protect, then size the sensor and effector mix against them.
Multi-modal counter-drone system for a mixed urban and airport estate
Mixed estates are where single-mode systems fail: what is acceptable over an industrial perimeter is not acceptable over an approach path. Multiple sensing and defeat modes in one system let the response match the location rather than the equipment. The mode list for a quoted configuration is available on request, because we publish the capability rather than an itemised fit on the site.
See: Defeat classes and their constraintsModes compared with the Turkish suites
Which sensing and defeat modes are actually included, and why does the site not itemise them?
We publish multi-modal sensing and defeat without itemising radar, RF, EO or acoustic, and without listing effective ranges per defeat mode. Those are open gaps we record rather than fill with plausible text. The itemised configuration exists for a quoted system, so ask for it in writing and compare it against Aselsan's published radar and camera fit and Meteksan's radar plus electro-optics before you decide.
Which counter-UAS system should a government buy if it has been refused an export licence before?
Choose on the supply chain first and the specification second, because a system you cannot resupply is not a capability. Both Turkish suites are excellent engineering sold under Turkish export control, and Aselsan states its status as a Turkish Armed Forces Foundation company on its own datasheets. Ours is supplied by a non-aligned group with sustainment placed in your region, so a change of policy in a foreign capital does not ground your air defence.
See: Origin and export terms comparedCounter-UAS solution hub
We need counter-drone coverage in months, not years. What can realistically be fielded in that time?
A packaged system, sited well, with training running in parallel. The long poles in these programmes are rarely the hardware: they are siting surveys, power, communications and trained crews. Our system is built for rapid deployment and supported in-region, and the operator training sits in the same line, which removes one vendor relationship from the critical path. Test the deployment claim on your ground before you plan around it.
See: Operator training and certificationDeployment claims compared
How many operators does a multi-modal counter-UAS system need to run around the clock?
We do not publish a crew figure, and it is a fair one to demand before contract, because 24-hour coverage means three shifts plus leave and training. Aselsan states that İHTAR 100 operates with minimum operator intervention and has built-in test capability; Meteksan does not publish a figure. Ask each vendor for the crew establishment behind a continuous watch, not the number needed for a demonstration.
Can a multi-modal system feed our national air picture rather than sitting in its own bubble?
It should, and that is a question to put to every vendor with an interface list attached. Our counter-drone line is built around one command layer that fuses radar, RF and optical detection and can scale from a single site upward, so a local system contributes to the wider picture instead of holding its tracks privately. Where you already run a national air-defence C2, make the integration a demonstrated criterion.
See: The command layer across sitesAutonomous command and control
Is the multi-modal system a fielded product or a systems-integration exercise dressed as one?
It is a packaged production system rather than an integration project: multiple sensing and defeat modes in one product from a counter-drone line already in the field, supported in the buyer's region. The parts we do not publish, detection range, itemised modes, setup time and crew size, are recorded as gaps on the comparison page instead of being answered with adjectives.
Multi-modal counter-UAS system: questions
What is Multi-modal counter-UAS system?
Multi-modal counter-UAS system is Unstrat's Sky (Air Domain) capability: This multi-modal counter-UAS system brings multiple sensing and defeat modes together in one system, built to deploy faster than the threat it defends against. A single sensor rarely sees every drone; radar misses the small and slow, radio-frequency sensing misses the autonomous, and optics miss the dark. Fusing the modes closes those gaps and cross-checks a track before an operator commits to a response. AI-powered intelligence handles the detection and cueing at machine speed while the decision to engage stays with the crew. Secure anti-jam communications keep the sensors and effectors talking when the attacker is trying to break that link, and rapid deployment means a site can stand the system up before an incident rather than after it. Because it ships as one integrated system rather than a shelf of separate boxes, a customer trains one crew, sustains one logistics chain and answers to one accountable team for the whole capability.
How does Multi-modal counter-UAS system work?
Multi-modal counter-UAS system delivers its effect through Multi-modal counter-UAS: multiple sensing and defeat modes fused in one system, covering the small, slow and dark targets a single sensor misses, AI-powered intelligence for real-time detection and cueing, with the decision to engage held by the operator and Secure communications with military-grade encryption and anti-jamming to hold the sensor-to-effector link under attack, capabilities matched to the requirement and confirmed under briefing rather than published.
Who makes Multi-modal counter-UAS system?
Multi-modal counter-UAS system 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 Multi-modal counter-UAS system over a major-power alternative?
Multi-modal counter-UAS system is sourced from an independent, non-aligned manufacturer, so it carries no major-power disclosure rules, upgrade-locks or political ramifications. Concretely: Multi-modal by design: one system rather than a shelf of separate sensors and effectors, so a customer trains one crew and sustains one logistics chain instead of integrating boxes that were never meant to work together and Fused detection cross-checks a track across modes before an operator commits, which cuts the false alarms that exhaust a crew and the misses that let a real threat through. The capability is accountable to you, not to a foreign vendor's government and its release schedule.
How is Multi-modal counter-UAS system procured, and where can it be exported?
This packaged counter-UAS answer puts multiple sensing and defeat modes in one system, deployed faster than the threat it defends against, so a site is not left assembling a defence out of parts from separate vendors while an attack is already under way. 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. Multi-modal counter-UAS system is then sustained in-region by one accountable team from briefing through long-term operation.