VPS-1 · Near-field automated counter-drone protection

One module.
Mobile or fixed.

A self-contained protection dome that detects an approaching drone and defeats it with a ballistic net — automatically, in the terminal second. Mounted on a vehicle roof, or above the point it protects. Same unit.

VPS-1 engagement sequence · concept visualisation · illustrative only

01 / The problem

Today's answer to the drone threat is to net the world shut. Roads tunnelled in mesh, vehicles caged, gates screened. Passive, immobilising, incomplete. VPS-1 is the active alternative.

Small drones are now a primary threat to vehicles and to the fixed points they pass through — entrance gates, checkpoints, depots, substations. Ambulances, aid convoys, utility crews, executive transport and site operators have no protection layer of their own.

Static netting cannot follow a vehicle and cannot cover every approach to a gate. VPS-1 answers only when attacked: it watches the airspace continuously, and acts in the terminal second — on the platform, precisely, without a human in the loop.

02 / The system

Detect. Select.
Fire. Reload.

The dome is divided into fixed sectors, each holding a sealed net cartridge. Onboard radar tracks the approaching drone; the engagement computer selects the matching sector and fires a ballistic net into its path. Spent sectors are reloaded by the crew in the field — no tools, no depot.

Fig. 01 — Engagement geometry STANDBY

01 · DETECT

Continuous watch

Onboard imaging radar monitors the airspace around the platform — moving or parked, day and night.

02 · SELECT

Track & match

The engagement computer classifies the threat and selects the dome sector matching its approach.

03 · FIRE

Terminal second

The selected sector fires a ballistic net into the drone's path. No explosives, no projectile hazard beyond the net.

04 · RELOAD

In the field

The crew swaps the spent cartridge on the spot. No tools, no specialist training, no depot.

03 / Platforms

Same module.
Every platform.

VPS-1 is platform-agnostic by design: a universal mount, power from the vehicle or from mains, and an engagement computer that handles both a moving roof and a fixed post. Protection moves with the fleet — or stands guard over the point.

Mobile — on the vehicles you already operate

AI concept VPS-1 on an ambulance roof

Medical & aid

Ambulances & aid convoys

Medevac, humanitarian logistics and utility crews operating where netting ends.

AI concept VPS-1 on a diplomatic SUV

Executive & diplomatic

VIP & diplomatic transport

Discreet drone cover for armoured executive vehicles and diplomatic movements.

AI concept VPS-1 on an armoured military vehicle

Military & security

Armoured & patrol fleets

Police response, deployed forces and security movements in contested environments.

Fixed — over the points that cannot move

AI concept VPS-1 mounted above an entrance gate

Access points

Entrance gates & checkpoints

Structure-mounted above the choke points every vehicle and person must pass: gates, barriers, loading doors, guard posts.

AI concept VPS-1 on critical energy infrastructure

Critical infrastructure

Energy, depots & perimeter points

Substations, storage sites, depots and port or airport perimeter points — near-field cover where fences and cameras stop.

Mounting options

Anywhere a bracket holds

Masts, rooftops, container corners, temporary sites. Powered from mains or a vehicle. The dome does not care whether it moves.

Structure mount
Mast mount
Roof rack
Container frame

One inventory, one training, one spare-parts chain. Fleet operators and site operators run the same module, the same cartridges and the same field reload — whether it rides on a roof rack or bolts above a gate.

04 / Specifications

The module.

VPS-1 is in development. Figures below are design targets at the current stage and will be refined through prototyping and field validation.

Designation: VPS-1 Near-field automated counter-drone protection dome
Effector: Ballistic net, fired from sealed cartridges in a segmented dome No explosives · no directed energy · no RF emissions required to defeat the target
Sensing: Automotive-grade imaging radar, 360° continuous surveillance Passive to jamming-resistant threats, including fibre-optic FPVs
Engagement: Fully automated when armed — detect, track, select, fire in the terminal second
Mounting: Universal roof interface for vans, pickups, trucks, ambulances and armoured platforms · structure mount for gates, buildings and masts
Power: Standard vehicle electrical system, or mains supply in fixed installation
Reload: Crew-level field reload of spent sectors — no tools, no specialist training
Status: In development Field-test units planned for deployment within calendar year 2027
Indicative price: EUR 27,500 per unit Indicative, subject to configuration and volume

Specifications are design targets, not certified performance data. Subject to change without notice.

05 / Limitations

Operational scope
and limitations.

VPS-1 does not guarantee protection. No counter-drone system does. It is designed to defeat individual small drones in the near field, within the coverage and reload capacity of its dome.

It is one defensive layer. It complements — and does not replace — route planning, dispersion, electronic countermeasures, physical hardening and armour. Saturation attacks, munitions outside the engagement envelope, and threats other than small drones remain outside its scope.

We state this plainly because our customers operate where the difference matters.

One module.Mobile or fixed.

Detect. Select.Fire. Reload.