Cobra

Aircraft. Counter-drone interceptor

Cobra is a fast, printed interceptor built to stop hostile drones. It launches vertically, closes on the target at speed and acts only on an operator’s authorisation.

Cobra lifting off beside its operator in a field at dusk, visualisation

The system.

Second-generation prototype in development. Images are visualisations unless marked.

Cobra

Role: Counter-drone interceptor
Speed: Undisclosed
Payload: Modular

Field kit

Contents: Spares, batteries, antennas
Battery: Field-swappable
Repair: Hand tools

Citadel

Control: Handheld or laptop
Video: Digital HD
Authority: Operator approves

Build qualities.

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Carried by one person

Small and light enough for one person to carry. It travels in one case with its controller and spare batteries, and needs no runway and no launcher.

Cobra packed in its case with controller and batteries, visualisation

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Fast pursuit

Fast enough to catch a drone before it crosses the perimeter, with a control link a jammer cannot follow.

Cobra flying low over a snowy forest, visualisation

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Day and night

Digital HD video with an analogue fallback and swappable day and thermal camera heads.

Cobra from above in a test bay, visualisation

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Built in our workshop

Printed, assembled and flown by our own team, so each iteration reaches the field faster than the last. Photograph of the second-generation prototype.