SENTINEL-1A is a mobile, vehicle-mounted counter-drone system engineered for sovereign defense. A two-vehicle convoy provides detect-to-engage coverage against Group 1–3 UAS, including Shahed-class one-way attack drones and FPV/multicopter threats. Every engagement is human-on-the-loop: an operator authorizes every launch.
The Rev H design baseline was frozen in October 2026. All performance evidence to date comes from analysis and simulation; flight testing and qualification have not yet been performed.
Small UAS have transformed modern warfare. Swarm attacks, kamikaze drones, and ISR platforms are proliferating faster than legacy air defense systems can adapt.
Traditional systems can't coordinate multiple interceptors, can't classify targets autonomously, and can't maintain engagement tempo against massed attacks. The capability gap is widening.
SENTINEL closes that gap with AI-coordinated engagement — and a human operator authorizing every launch.
48-round magazine with cooperative engagement and real-time assessment feeding the next operator decision. Every launch is authorized by a human operator. A mobile two-vehicle convoy carries surveillance, command, and launch capability, and works in GPS-denied and EW-contested environments. All performance evidence to date comes from analysis and simulation.
Forward operating bases, airfields, and command posts. Layer SENTINEL batteries with existing air defense for comprehensive low-altitude coverage.
Oil refineries, power plants, water treatment facilities, and data centers. Autonomous 24/7 protection against the growing drone reconnaissance and attack threat.
Counter narcotics delivery drones and cross-border ISR platforms. Mobile deployment allows rapid repositioning along dynamic threat corridors.
Drone swarm attacks have rendered traditional air defense doctrines obsolete. Legacy systems were designed for single-target engagement, but modern threats demand simultaneous coordination of dozens of interceptors across dynamic threat geometries.
The breakthrough is cooperative engagement capability (CEC) — autonomous interceptors that coordinate in flight through encrypted data links. Rather than each missile operating in isolation, they share real-time threat data, deconflict trajectories so interceptors don't interfere with one another, stagger arrival times for maximum effect, and execute coordinated kill assessment.
This represents a fundamental shift: from reactive systems that respond to threats sequentially, to proactive swarms that attack collaboratively. A ground-based AI system continuously optimizes engagement geometry and retargets surviving threats mid-flight, turning multiple interceptors into a single coherent defense system.
The debate around autonomous weapons often presents a false binary: full human control versus systems that remove the human from the decision. The human-on-the-loop architecture offers a third path that preserves human decision authority while enabling the reaction speeds required to counter drone swarms.
In this model, the human operator authorizes each engagement on a digital battle map. Once authorized, the interceptor executes its terminal guidance autonomously — the AI handles the microsecond-level maneuvering that no human operator could perform manually. The operator retains abort authority throughout the engagement.
Electronic warfare has emerged as the first line of defense against drones, but sophisticated adversaries are rapidly developing EW-hardened platforms. GPS spoofing, RF jamming, and communication disruption are increasingly ineffective against autonomous drones that navigate by inertial guidance or visual odometry.
Passive imaging seekers operate on a fundamentally different principle. Every powered drone emits a signature — thermal and visual — from its motors, batteries, and electronic components. A passive imaging channel tracks this signature without emitting any detectable signal, making it immune to RF jamming and resistant to the countermeasures that defeat radar-guided interceptors.
Whether you're evaluating counter-UAS solutions for military installations, critical infrastructure protection, or border security, our team can provide a tailored assessment of how SENTINEL integrates with your existing air defense architecture.
Thank you. Our team will contact you within 24 hours to arrange your briefing.