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IDEX 2021: Sky Warden offers flexible C-UAS with sensor fusion

23rd February 2021 - 12:55 GMT | by Leonid Nersisyan in Abu Dhabi

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MBDA solution combines sensors, soft-kill effectors and hard-kill effectors.

The recent success of UCAVs in conflicts such as the ongoing Syrian Civil War and the September-November 2020 conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh means that close attention is being paid to battlefield counter-UAS (C-UAS) solutions.

In this context, the launch of the Sky Warden system by MBDA during the IDEX 2021 defence exhibition assumes some significance.

The system, which can be vehicle-mounted or dismounted, includes multiple components to detect and neutralise enemy UAVs.

An MBDA official provided Shephard with some details about the system: it simultaneously employs a Saab-developed radar, a remote EO sensor and a Cerbair passive RF sensor to detect

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