Ondas Holdings Inc. a leading provider of private industrial wireless networks and commercial drone and automated data solutions, announced that it has received an initial purchase order for its Iron-Drone Raider counter-uncrewed aircraft system (C-UAS) from an Israeli defense company. Ondas anticipates that this initial order, which was placed following a testing and integration process, will be followed by additional orders from this customer and others.
“This order is a major advance for our Ondas Autonomous Systems business unit as we drive commercialization of our Iron-Drone Raider C-UAS platform,” said Eric Brock, Chairman and CEO of Ondas. “Our Airobotics team has demonstrated its exceptional capabilities by rapidly enhancing the Iron-Drone Raider platform for new market requirements tailored for military deployments. We believe this system offers best-in-class specifications and will help protect borders and critical infrastructure assets not only in Israel, but also many other countries worldwide.”
Ondas believes the threat posed by small and autonomous drones is growing, and the Iron-Drone Raider platform provides a unique solution to cost-effectively neutralize these threats without causing collateral damage. The Iron-Drone Raider system utilizes on-board AI technologies to identify, locate, track and intercept hostile drones and can be integrated into a variety of drone detection systems. The Raider is an incredibly swift and agile autonomous drone equipped with interception mechanisms. This is combined with a highly automated docking station capable of addressing several hostile drone targets simultaneously. After each mission, the Raider returns to its original location and can be reused.
In early 2023, Ondas’ Airobotics acquired the assets of Iron Drone Ltd and launched the first new Iron-Drone Raider system by Airobotics. In August of the same year, the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) awarded a grant to support further development of the system and enhance its capabilities.
