Counter-Drone Companies
A directory of 45 counter-drone companies, the vendors building the counter-UAS kill chain. They divide into clear capability layers: detection and tracking, radio-frequency and cyber defeat, directed energy, kinetic interception, and the command-and-control software that ties them together. The list below groups every vendor by what it actually does, with headquarters and status, so a buyer or analyst can see the landscape at a glance.
For the same companies as an interactive map, see the Counter-UAS Market Map. For the market analysis, see the Counter-Drone Market and US Counter-UAS Market intelligence pages.
The sensor layer.
Radar, RF, electro-optical, and acoustic sensors that find drones before any defeat decision can be made. The detection layer is the compute that the rest of the C-UAS kill chain runs on, and the segment with the deepest competitive depth in the European theatre.
RF and sensor-fusion airspace security platform.
MESA electronically scanned radar for compact C-UAS sensing.
Coherent distributed network bistatic radar for drone threats.
AIRFENCE RF-based detection and signals intelligence.
Spyglass 3D short-range radar for C-UAS missions.
IRIS 3D micro-doppler radar for small-drone detection.
Obsidian 3D staring radar for low-slow-small drones.
Giraffe 1X radar with drone tracker and Loke C-UAS.
AARTOS RF-based drone detection and direction finding.
ARMS C-UAV radar, RF and optronic suite.
Non-kinetic defeat through the radio spectrum.
RF jamming, GNSS denial, and protocol-level cyber takeover. The non-kinetic defeat segment is operationally distinct from broadband jamming because takeover preserves the drone for forensics, and is the segment Western forces lean on most heavily in dense urban or critical-infrastructure environments where collateral concerns rule out kinetic effects.
EnforceAir RF cyber-takeover for safe drone landings.
Wearable Wingman detector and Pitbull jammer for soldiers.
RF fingerprint detection with go-home command takeover.
Hard-kill effectors.
Net-capture, guns, missiles, and counter-drone interceptors. The kinetic-defeat segment is where the cost-per-kill problem becomes acute against drone swarms, and the strategic shift from million-pound interceptors to networked low-cost effectors is the principal procurement battleground for the next twenty-four months.
SkyWall net-capture launcher for proportionate drone defeat.
Skynex networked air defence with 35mm Oerlikon guns.
SMASH fire-control optic for accurate drone engagement.
TrueView radars and DroneHunter net-capture interceptor.
VAMPIRE rocket-and-EO C-sUAS plus WESCAM sensors.
High-power microwave and laser.
Directed-energy defeat inverts the cost-per-kill equation by using effectors with no consumable munition. The segment is the FY27 DAWG procurement focus area where US autonomous-warfare capital concentrates, and the segment with the smallest credible vendor pool given the maturity bar.
Leonidas solid-state high-power microwave for drone swarms.
MORFIUS reusable airborne high-power microwave interceptor.
Coyote interceptor and Phaser HPM for drone swarm defeat.
THOR HPM partner with AFRL plus C-UAS portfolio.
The autonomy and decision layer.
C-UAS effectiveness now depends on software that fuses sensors, identifies threats faster than human operators can, and orchestrates effectors across the battle space. The AI and C2 segment is where the most strategic capital sits, and where Pentagon programmes-of-record increasingly draw the line between scale-ups and primes.
Lattice-cued autonomy with Anvil interceptors and Pulsar EW.
Hivemind autonomy stack and V-BAT for contested airspace.
AutoDrive autonomy for unmanned ground C-UAS platforms.
DefenseOS open-architecture command and control software.
FAAD-C2 and AiON command and control for SHORAD.
Full-stack defence integrators.
The defence primes that supply integrated detect-and-defeat solutions to national customers, often as part of broader air-defence procurement. This segment compounds the European rearmament cycle into the C-UAS market, and is the segment most heavily exposed to FY27 NATO procurement increases.
Detection plus DroneGun handheld and fixed RF defeat.
Multi-layered detect-and-defeat C-UAS for forty-plus countries.
C-AUDS radar-EO-RF defeat system fielded with US forces.
Silent Archer radar plus EW C-UAS used by US Army.
Xpeller radar, RF and optical detection plus jammers.
GUARDION modular C-UAS with ESG and Rohde & Schwarz.
Falcon Shield radar plus 360-degree EW for groups 1 to 3.
EagleShield suite for nano to small drone defeat.
Sky Warden modular sensors and weapons for force protection.
Drone Dome detect, jam and laser hard-kill family.
Drone Guard radar, COMINT, EO and jammer suite.
Anti-drone EW capability across land and air domains.
Air defence guns and missile systems for layered C-UAS.
Korean missile-and-radar prime building C-UAS portfolio.
CORTEX Typhon C-UAS with FLIR sensors and weapon stations.
LVSS mobile radar, EO/IR and RF C-UAS package.
SKYctrl plus FIELDctrl 3D MIMO radar, combat-proven Ukraine.
IHTAR anti-drone system for urban and rural threats.
Counter-drone companies are also described as counter-UAS (C-UAS) vendors, drone-detection companies, and anti-drone technology companies. The 45 listed here are tracked by Drone Intelligence and updated as the market moves. Figures and positioning are drawn from the company profiles and the counter-UAS market map.