Stage 01
Detect
The onboard sensor continuously monitors the airspace around the vehicle, on the move or stationary. No operator attention is required while the system is armed.
VPS-1 · Vehicle Protection System
Rooftop-mounted counter-drone net system for vehicles in contested environments
The Skyclout VPS-1 is a self-contained, roof-mounted module that detects an approaching small drone and automatically deploys a capture net in its path. It is designed for soft-skinned and protected vehicles operating where low-altitude drone attack is a daily reality: aid convoys, medical transport, logistics, and security movements.
Status
In development
Est. commercial availability
Q2 2027
Targeted retail price
EUR 27,500
Demonstration
System concept in operation
AI-generated demonstration
Demonstration video
Available shortly
Notice This video is an AI-generated concept visualisation produced for illustration purposes. It does not show real footage, a real engagement, or measured system performance.
How it works
Fully automated deployment sequence
Stage 02
Track
An approaching drone is tracked and its intercept point is computed in real time. Terminal engagement timelines are too short for human reaction; the decision loop is automated by design.
Stage 03
Deploy
The module fires a capture net into the predicted path of the incoming drone, entangling rotors and disrupting the attack before impact.
Stage 04
Reload
After deployment, the crew inserts a replacement net cartridge in the field. No tools, no specialist training, no return to depot.
Integration
Built to fit the vehicles you already operate
Any vehicle, one mount
The VPS-1 mounts to the roof of any vehicle: vans, pickups, trucks, ambulances, and armoured platforms. No structural modification is required.
Vehicle power only
The system connects to the vehicle's standard electrical system. There is no auxiliary generator, no external compute, and no additional infrastructure.
Armed and autonomous
Once armed by the crew, detection and deployment run without operator input. The crew retains arming control at all times.
Field-reloadable
A deployed net is replaced with a fresh cartridge by the crew on site, returning the system to readiness within minutes.
Honest limits
What this system is, and what it is not
● Operational limitations notice
Read before procurement
The VPS-1 does not guarantee protection. No counter-drone system can. A determined attack, multiple simultaneous drones, or unfavourable engagement geometry can defeat any single countermeasure.
What the system is designed to do is clearly improve the survivability of a vehicle and its occupants in a combat zone: by adding an automated last line of defence against the most common low-altitude drone threats, where today most vehicles have none.
The VPS-1 is one layer of protection. It complements, and does not replace, route planning, dispersion, electronic countermeasures, and armour.
Specifications
System data
Skyclout VPS-1
Data plate · Rev. A · June 2026- System type
- Roof-mounted automated counter-drone net module
- Effector
- Single-shot capture net, field-replaceable cartridge
- Engagement mode
- Fully automated while armed; crew arming control
- Vehicle fit
- Universal roof mounting, all vehicle classes
- Power
- Vehicle electrical system, standard hookup
- Reload
- Replacement net cartridge, crew-level, no tools
- Availability
- Estimated commercial availability Q2 2027
- Targeted retail price
- EUR 27,500
Specifications describe the intended production configuration and are subject to change before commercial release. Performance characteristics will be published with the production system.
Contact
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We are taking expressions of interest from fleet operators, aid organisations, security providers, and government buyers ahead of estimated commercial availability in Q2 2027. Early registrants receive programme updates and priority in the first delivery allocation.
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