Germany’s largest producer of small arms, Heckler & Koch, is coming into the drone defence enterprise, the corporate’s chief govt mentioned on Wednesday.
The agency has already obtained an order for such a system, Jens Bodo Koch mentioned at firm headquarters in Oberndorf, south-west of Stuttgart. He didn’t present additional particulars.
“Drones pose an unbelievable risk to infantry troopers, for which there are at present only some options,” he mentioned.
Heckler & Koch’s new drone defence system includes grenade launchers or computerized grenade launchers which can be mounted on a car turret and geared up with a sensor field that makes use of synthetic intelligence to detect drones within the sky and assess their risk degree. The grenade is then programmed to blow up close to the drone.
“A steel cloud is created within the air, which the drone flies into and is destroyed,” Koch defined. He’s not associated to the corporate’s founder, Theodor Koch.
Collaboration on methods growth
For its drone defence system, Heckler & Koch is collaborating with the factitious intelligence specialist Autonomous Teaming from Munich.
The German arms producer Rheinmetall is supplying management elements for the grenades, whereas the car turret is supplied by a Slovenian firm.
“We’re the system supplier that brings all of it collectively,” Koch mentioned.
The venture continues to be in its growth section, with preliminary firing exams already performed, however is predicted to be accomplished and prepared on the market by the tip of the yr.
