Airbus unveils missile-armed drone for cost-effective air defence

The load is supposed to autonomously fend off enemy drones like the Russian Geran-2. The whole system does not include components from the USA – remote access is therefore excluded

From criminal groups to anyone, they can create improvised armed systems with very little money and no need for technical knowledge.

Airbus Unveils Low-Cost UAV Interceptor "LOAD" at DWT Drone Expo in Germany — Global Defense Insight

Airbus has officially unveiled its latest innovation in counter-UAS technology: the LOAD (Low-Cost Air Defense) UAV interceptor. The announcement was made at the prestigious DWT Unbemannte Systeme X, a key event focused on unmanned systems and technologies. Designed as a cost-effective solution to combat the growing threat of hostile drones, the Airbus LOAD UAV interceptor is engineered to launch multiple small, guided air-to-air munitions under…

This unmanned aerial vehicle will be able to carry three guided missiles and its operational range will be 100 kilometres.

The European firm explains that the launch of the LOAD will be by means of a catapult and will have an operating range of 100 km. The drone will be controlled from a ground station that will coordinate one or more systems from radar data or aerial situation images, so it will be able to search, detect and, after receiving approval for its intervention, combat enemy kamikaze drones.After its mission, it will return to its base and land by parachu…

Airbus presents the low-cost “Anti-drone Drone”. - Economic Scenarios

Here come the initiatives that should take advantage of the EU's rearmament policies. Airbus has presented a concept for an unmanned aerial system