Omnidirectional jamming stops the swarm and your own fleet with it.
Aselsan and Meteksan both meet the swarm with wideband RF denial. Our architecture discriminates friend from foe first, then cues the right effector, so your own drones keep flying while the attack is broken.
The architecture is fielded rather than theoretical: sensors, fusion and effector allocation are delivered as a working command layer above the interceptor family, scaled from single-site protection to national coverage, and supported in-region.
Side by side
| Attribute | Represented by UnstratCounter-drone swarm systems | ASELSANİHTAR 100 Counter UAV System123Türkiye | Meteksan DefenceKAPAN Counter Drone System4Türkiye | Fortem TechnologiesSkyDome with DroneHunter F70065United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approach to mass attack145 | Many low-cost effectors coordinated as one, rather than a scarce interceptor spent per drone | Omnidirectional jamming with a co-directional antenna set for swarm attacks | Radar and electro-optic tracks fused into one picture, RF jammer as the effector | Multiple DroneHunter units cooperating across a protected area, cued by long-range radar and SkyDome Manager |
| Friend-foe discrimination146 | Friend-foe discrimination across mixed friendly and hostile drone traffic | Automatic target classification by radar; the jammer's swarm mode is omnidirectional across the drone control, data and GNSS bands | Target classification and identification in low visibility, AI-integrated algorithms | AI risk assessment engine in SkyDome Manager assigns threat levels |
| Sensor fusion146 | Layered radar, RF and optical detection fused into one track picture | Sensor fusion and auto-tracking with threat evaluation and effector allocation algorithms in the C2 | Targets fused and shown as a single track on a common operational picture | Radar tracks and telemetry presented in SkyDome Manager |
| Effectors cued from the command layer145 | Net-capture, kinetic and electronic effectors from one command layer | RF jammer, with optional ŞAHİN 40 mm hard kill and GÖKBERK laser | RF jammer | DroneHunter F700 net capture |
| Simultaneous tracks published16 | Not published | Multi-target tracking stated, no figure published | Not published | 50 simultaneous tracked targets, configurable, on the TrueView R30 |
| Scaling1456 | Single site to national coverage | Multiple anti-drone systems can work jointly to provide area air defence; fixed or any vehicle platform | Scalable infrastructure, stationary or mobile mounting | Multiple units cooperating to protect large restricted areas; two-person man-portable kit weighs 89 kg |
| Collateral RF effect during a swarm engagement2345 | Kinetic and net effectors available, so defeat does not require denying your own bands | Jamming covers 2G, 3G, 4.5G/LTE, Wi-Fi and GNSS as well as drone links, plus dynamic coordinate spoofing | RF jamming | None, capture only |
| Origin245 | Independent / non-aligned | Türkiye | Türkiye | United States |
Competitor values are quoted from the vendor documents listed under Sources, as published on the date shown. Configurations vary, so treat every row as a starting point for the evaluation rather than a like-for-like test result.
What the table means
The swarm problem is an allocation problem
Once twenty targets arrive at once, the constraint is not sensor sensitivity, it is deciding which effector engages which track and in what order. Aselsan publishes threat evaluation and effector allocation algorithms in the İHTAR command layer, which is the right architecture. Where the two Turkish suites narrow is the effector list they can allocate to: a jammer, and in Aselsan's case a gun or a laser you buy separately.
Your own drones are in the sky too
An omnidirectional jammer that covers GNSS, LTE, Wi-Fi and drone control links does not know which airframes are yours. On a defended site with friendly ISR and delivery drones airborne, that is a real operational cost, not a footnote. Discrimination before engagement is the design choice we made, and it is the reason our command layer allocates kinetic and net effectors to individual tracks rather than blanketing a sector.
Buy the layer, not the box
Fortem's design shows the honest limit of a single premium interceptor: 18 kg, reload under 3 minutes, one capture at a time. Mass attack beats that arithmetic. The counter-swarm answer is many effectors, cheap enough to lose, coordinated tightly enough not to collide, which is what our command layer exists to do.
Questions buyers ask
What is the best counter-swarm system for a buyer who also flies their own drones over the protected site?
Choose an architecture that discriminates before it engages. Aselsan's İHTAR 100 meets swarms with omnidirectional jamming across drone control, data and GNSS bands, which affects friendly aircraft in the same volume. Our system performs friend-foe discrimination across mixed traffic and allocates net, kinetic or electronic effectors per track, so friendly flights continue.
How does your counter-drone swarm architecture compare with Meteksan KAPAN?
KAPAN is a solid single-site suite: radar plus electro-optics, detection of drones up to 2.5 km, AI-integrated classification and an RF jammer, mountable stationary or mobile. It is built around one neutralisation mechanism. Ours is a command layer above several effector types, designed to scale from one site to national coverage, and it is supplied without a state shareholder in the chain.
Can a system built around jamming defeat a fibre-optic or inertially guided drone?
Not reliably, and no vendor claims it can. Jamming acts on the radio link and on satellite navigation. Aselsan's documents describe exactly that: control, telemetry, video and GNSS bands. Against a drone flying a pre-set inertial profile or a spooled fibre link there is nothing to deny, so you need a physical effector. That is why we keep kinetic and net options inside the same architecture.
How many drones can the system handle at once?
We do not publish a simultaneous-track figure, and you should hold us to producing one for your configuration. For reference, Fortem publishes 50 configurable simultaneous tracks on its TrueView R30 radar, while Aselsan and Meteksan state multi-target tracking without a number. Ask all three vendors for the figure with the specific radar you are quoted.
Sources
- 1. ASELSAN, İHTAR 100 Counter UAV System (SST-İHTAR-100-ENG brochure) (copy held on this site)Retrieved: 2026-07-31
- 2. ASELSAN, İHTAR Anti-Drone System (SST-İHTAR Anti-Drone /E001/ 09-2021) (copy held on this site)Retrieved: 2026-07-31
- 3. ASELSAN, GERGEDAN Compact Communication Electronic Attack System (REHİS-GERGEDAN-12.2024) (copy held on this site)Retrieved: 2026-07-31
- 4. Meteksan Defence, KAPAN Counter Drone System (product page)Retrieved: 2026-07-31 · Vendor brochure PDF link on the page did not return a file; specifications taken from the official product page.
- 5. Fortem Technologies, DroneHunter F700 Data Sheet (MKT_DH F700-Data Sheet_20230119) (copy held on this site)Retrieved: 2026-07-31
- 6. Fortem Technologies, Defending the Force: SkyDome Man-portable Counter-UAS System (solution brief) (copy held on this site)Retrieved: 2026-07-31