APS's SKYctrl C-UAS with FIELDctrl radar has a claimed 90% success rate tracking Russian drones in Ukraine. (Photo: author)
Advanced Protection System’s (APS’s) SKYctrl anti-drone system has been achieving a ‘90% success rate tracking UAVs operating against Ukrainian forces, buildings and people’ in the Russo-Ukraine war, according the company.
Details on the number of systems in service with Ukrainian forces and how many UAVs have been neutralised by APS's SKYctrl and FIELDctrl 3D multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) radar systems have not been disclosed.
APS sales director Arun Arumugam said at last week's DSEI event that the systems' success against the 10,000 UAVs Ukraine was encountering each month using APS soft-kill technology such as jamming or hard-kill options from other companies such had
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