Active Defense System

Intelligent Defense.
Coordinated Precision.

SENTINEL-1 (Option B) is an ITAR-free, AI-guided interceptor specifically engineered for international sovereign defense. Autonomous swarms coordinate via encrypted data link, delivering 97%+ effectiveness in coordinated salvos. ITAR-free European propulsion ensures rapid delivery to UAE/GCC and global partners.

EYES BRAIN HEART MUSCLE WINGS
Mach 0.71
Top Speed
6.3 km
Range
97%+
Pk (Coordinated)
Legacy systems can't keep up.
3.5M+
Estimated military drones produced globally each year
<8s
Detection-to-engagement time required to counter swarms
50+
Simultaneous threats legacy systems struggle to coordinate against
24/7
Persistent threat requiring autonomous, always-on defense

Legacy systems weren't designed for autonomous swarm defense.

Small UAS have transformed modern warfare. Swarm attacks, kamikaze drones, and ISR platforms are proliferating faster than legacy air defense systems can adapt.

Traditional systems can't coordinate multiple interceptors, can't classify targets autonomously, and can't maintain engagement tempo against massed attacks. The capability gap is widening.

SENTINEL restores technological superiority through AI-coordinated autonomous engagement.

SENTINEL-1
Autonomous AI-guided interceptor with LWIR seeker. Six integrated modules engineered for a single mission: find and neutralize hostile UAS.
GuidanceDual-Mode LWIR + mmWave, TinyML ATR
SpeedMach 0.65 cruise / Mach 0.71 burnout
Mass1021g (Option B Baseline)
Warhead60 Tungsten Pellets (Kinetic Fragmentation)
LaunchPneumatic Cold-Launch (Propellant-Free)
Export StatusITAR-Free
Lead TimeRapid Delivery
Cost per Engagement$17,600
EYES LWIR Seeker BRAIN AI Processor HEART Power & Warhead MUSCLE Propulsion System WINGS Fins & Canards VOICE Data Link
EYES
LWIR Seeker
Long-wave infrared thermal seeker acquires and tracks UAS heat signatures in all weather, day and night. Passive guidance — no emissions to jam.
BRAIN
TinyML Intelligence
Onboard AI processor with TinyML ATR (micro-Doppler CNN + LWIR classifier) for autonomous target recognition. Dual-mode seeker (LWIR+mmWave). Friendly-fire abort gate. Fully autonomous terminal phase in GPS-denied environments.
HEART
Dual-Purpose Warhead
60 tungsten pellets optimized for kinetic fragmentation. ±15° cone. Dual-detonator design optimized for maximum Pk. 81% single-shot, 97%+ in coordinated salvos.
MUSCLE
Pneumatic Launch
Pneumatic cold-launch system propels SENTINEL-1 from tube with zero thermal signature. Clean acceleration with no exhaust plume. ITAR-free propulsion with no licensing delays.
WINGS
Canards & Fins
Forward canards for agile maneuvering, tail fins for stability. Folding design enables dense packing — 24 interceptors per launcher.
VOICE
Cooperative Engagement (CEC)
Encrypted 915MHz LoRa TDM enables in-flight salvo coordination. Interceptors share target data, deconflict trajectories, stagger arrival, and execute AI-coordinated kill assessment. Ground station retargets survivors mid-flight. Graceful autonomous fallback on link loss.
SENTINEL Battery
A fully integrated C-UAS battery deploys in under 15 minutes. Five subsystems working as one — detect, track, authorize, engage, confirm.

48 autonomous interceptors with AI-coordinated cooperative engagement. Real-time kill assessment. Ground station AI retargets surviving threats mid-flight. 97%+ Pk in coordinated salvos. Crew of 3. Single truck platform. Works in GPS-denied and EW-contested environments. ITAR-free European supply chain ensures sovereign independence.

SENTINEL-RADAR
Ground AESA phased array — X-band, 5 km range, no moving parts
$32,000
SENTINEL-LAUNCHER
8-tube pneumatic launcher, truck-mountable, 24 interceptors loaded per unit
$42,000
SENTINEL-C2
Command & control with battle management software
$16,000
SENTINEL-1 Interceptor
Autonomous guided interceptor with LWIR seeker × 48
$17,600 ea.

Battery Cost Breakdown

1 × SENTINEL-RADAR $32,000
1 × SENTINEL-LAUNCHER $42,000
1 × SENTINEL-C2 $16,000
48 × SENTINEL-1 $700,800
Complete Battery $790,800
A complete SENTINEL battery costs less than 20% of a single Patriot PAC-3 missile ($4M). 48 autonomous engagements for the cost of less than one-fifth a legacy air defense system.
Decisive advantages.
TinyML
AI Intelligence
Autonomous target recognition with micro-Doppler CNN. Dual-mode seeker (LWIR+mmWave). Friendly-fire abort gate. GPS-denied operations.
97%+
Cooperative Engagement
Salvo coordination via encrypted LoRa data link. Interceptors coordinate in flight. Ground AI retargets survivors mid-flight. Kill assessment + autonomous engagement.
<15 min
Rapid Deployment
From transport to fully operational. Truck-mountable. Crew of 3. 3-click engagement. 48 interceptors per battery.
227×
Cost Advantage
$17,600 per engagement vs. $4M legacy systems. ITAR-free supply chain with rapid global delivery.
Detect. Decide. Destroy.
From threat detection to confirmed kill in under 8 seconds.
01
Detect
T + 0.0s
SENTINEL-RADAR (AESA phased array, no moving parts) electronically scans 360° and detects incoming UAS at up to 5 km. Tracks are classified and prioritized automatically.
02
Track & Classify
T + 0.5s
AI-driven battle management on SENTINEL-C2 dual flat-panel displays classifies targets, predicts trajectories, and computes optimal intercept solutions.
03
Authorize
T + 1.0s
Human operator confirms engagement on digital battle map. Single-touch authorization — human-on-the-loop design keeps decision authority with the operator.
04
Launch
T + 1.5s
Pneumatic cold-launch system propels SENTINEL-1 from tube at full velocity. ITAR-free European propulsion ensures international delivery with no licensing delays.
05
Intercept & Neutralize
T + 8.0s
LWIR seeker acquires target autonomously. AI guidance computes terminal intercept. Proximity fuze triggers 60 tungsten pellets for confirmed kill.
Protecting what matters.

Military Installations

Forward operating bases, airfields, and command posts. Layer SENTINEL batteries with existing air defense for comprehensive low-altitude coverage.

Critical Infrastructure

Oil refineries, power plants, water treatment facilities, and data centers. Autonomous 24/7 protection against the growing drone reconnaissance and attack threat.

Border Security

Counter narcotics delivery drones and cross-border ISR platforms. Mobile deployment allows rapid repositioning along dynamic threat corridors.

Sovereign Defense. Global Reach.
SENTINEL delivers an additional, interoperable layer of protection — built on a European supply chain with zero ITAR restrictions.
Export-Ready
ITAR-Free
100% ITAR-free propulsion and guidance. Direct procurement with no licensing delays — available to any allied nation with rapid delivery.
Interoperable
Layered Defense
NATO-compatible data link integrates with existing SHORAD and VSHORAD systems. Adds a dedicated counter-UAS layer without replacing current assets.
Resilient
National Security
Dual-source European supply chain ensures continuity independent of any single nation's export policy. No geopolitical supply risk.
Local Content
In-Country Assembly
Modular architecture enables local final assembly and integration, supporting industrial participation targets and technology transfer programs.
The case for kinetic micro-interception.
Analysis and perspectives on why low-cost autonomous interceptors are reshaping air defense doctrine.
Strategy

AI-Coordinated Interceptor Swarms: The Future of Counter-UAS Defense

Drone swarm attacks have rendered traditional air defense doctrines obsolete. Legacy systems were designed for single-target engagement, but modern threats demand simultaneous coordination of dozens of interceptors across dynamic threat geometries.

The breakthrough is cooperative engagement capability (CEC) — autonomous interceptors that coordinate in flight through encrypted data links. Rather than each missile operating in isolation, they share real-time threat data, deconflict trajectories to prevent fratricide, stagger arrival times for maximum Pk, and execute AI-coordinated kill assessment.

This represents a fundamental shift: from reactive systems that respond to threats sequentially, to proactive swarms that attack collaboratively. A ground-based AI system continuously optimizes engagement geometry and retargets surviving threats mid-flight, turning multiple interceptors into a single coherent defense system.

Key Data Points

81%
Single-shot Pk (Cat-D target)
97%+
2-shot CEC-coordinated Pk
99.5%+
3-shot coordinated Pk
<1 per 100k
Fratricide risk (dual-layer)
  • Cooperative engagement via 915MHz LoRa TDM — 20Hz update rate, 8-channel FHSS, +9dB jamming margin, adaptive spreading factor
  • Ground station AI (Jetson AGX Orin) fuses radar + EO/IR + CEC data — ResNet-18 threat classification at 93% accuracy, <20ms inference latency
  • Onboard TinyML ATR (12KB micro-Doppler CNN + 45KB LWIR classifier) — autonomous target recognition in GPS-denied, EW-contested environments
  • Dual-layer fratricide defense: onboard ATR + ground AI → reduces risk to <1 per 100,000 engagements. Compliant with NATO engagement rules of engagement.
Doctrine

Human-on-the-Loop: Autonomous Defense Without Autonomous Killing

The debate around autonomous weapons often presents a false binary: full human control versus fully autonomous systems. The human-on-the-loop architecture offers a third path that preserves human decision authority while enabling the reaction speeds required to counter drone swarms.

In this model, the human operator authorizes each engagement on a digital battle map. Once authorized, the interceptor executes its terminal guidance autonomously — the AI handles the microsecond-level maneuvering that no human operator could perform manually. The operator retains abort authority throughout the engagement.

  • Authorization latency under 1 second from track classification to launch clearance
  • Operator maintains abort authority through encrypted data link
  • AI handles only terminal guidance — not target selection or engagement decisions
  • Compliant with emerging international frameworks on autonomous weapon systems
Technology

LWIR Seekers vs. Electronic Warfare: Why Passive Guidance Wins

Electronic warfare has emerged as the first line of defense against drones, but sophisticated adversaries are rapidly developing EW-hardened platforms. GPS spoofing, RF jamming, and communication disruption are increasingly ineffective against autonomous drones that navigate by inertial guidance or visual odometry.

Passive infrared seekers operate on a fundamentally different principle. Every powered drone emits heat — from its motors, batteries, and electronic components. An LWIR seeker tracks this thermal signature without emitting any detectable signal, making it immune to RF jamming and resistant to the countermeasures that defeat radar-guided interceptors.

  • Zero emissions — the seeker cannot be detected, jammed, or spoofed
  • Effective in all weather conditions, day and night operations
  • Thermal signatures cannot be fully suppressed on battery-powered drones
  • Works in GPS-denied environments where RF-guided systems fail
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