The war in Ukraine has demonstrated the enormous potential of drones, which are beginning to replace thousands of soldiers in all armies. Russia made a huge investment in models that detect their targets and fire with artificial intelligence, others coordinate to carry out swarm attacks.
Europe does not want to be left behind in the technological race, and Spain could play a fundamental role. The Army has just presented Nexor, a lethal anti-drone system so cheap that it can be mass produced.
Nexor detects targets and destroys them with precision
The anti-aircraft system in which Spain works is totally autonomous. Nexor monitors its environment, detects its targets and eliminates threats with enormous precision to defend the air from attacks with kamikaze drones or those equipped with warheads.
The national company TRC is behind Nexor. The company has designed a single modular command and control platform. All drone detection and neutralization tools are equipped in the same space, with their advantages and disadvantages: it is more lethal, but vulnerable to attacks.
«What we do is the physical integration of the devices that the 31st Electronic Warfare Regiment considers interesting for the proof of concept. We integrate them into two vehicles and develop the command and control tool that manages all these devices,» in statements by Paula Martín, product manager at TRC, for The World.
Coordinated sensors to destroy your targets
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Nexor represents a before and after in air defense. Each sensor requires its own operator and IT equipment on most devices, while this anti-drone system centralizes all that information. It is not necessary to use an operator with each device, thus saving on costs.
TRC has designed a unique tool that is extremely simple for the military to use. The company has worked hand in hand with the Army to create the definitive anti-drone system; the first tests allow us to be optimistic.
Nexor, baptized as Cerberus during tests with the Electronic Warfare Regiment, has been equipped on Vamtac 675 armored vehicles. The anti-drone system has participated in training maneuvers in the defense area in Ciudad Real.
The anti-aircraft device has met expectations. Nexor is capable of detecting enemy drones and breaking the other army’s communications, it also allows intercepting satellite signals and inhibiting all types of unmanned platforms.
Nexor is not a prototype, it is an anti-drone system with enormous potential. This model It will join the C-UAS Coyote deployed in bases abroad to detect and neutralize light devicesalso to portable jammers such as DroneGun with radio waves to cut communications between the drone and its operator.
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Tags: Artificial intelligence, Spain, drones