Analysis / Defence
Europe's counter-drone spending is outpacing its rulebook
Airbase and airport incursions have triggered a procurement surge. The hard part — deciding who is allowed to shoot what down, and when — is lagging badly.
Company · United Kingdom
Sentinel Aerosystems
UK defence prime subsidiary developing collaborative combat drones and counter-UAS systems for NATO customers.
- Headquarters
- Bristol, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2014
- Sectors
- Defence, Drones
- Technology
- Loyal wingman autonomy, Counter-UAS, Swarming
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Opinion / Defence
Defence buyers are procuring autonomy like it's an airframe. It isn't.
Ten-year procurement cycles cannot govern software that retrains monthly. Until contracting reform catches up, allied militaries will keep buying obsolete autonomy at exquisite prices.
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Timeline
- 2014Formed from a UK prime's uncrewed systems division.
- 2025Raven-S first flight with autonomous formation trials.
- 2026AegisNet selected for European airbase protection programme.
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