What Happened
US-Made EchoShield Enhances Counter-Drone Capabilities
BAE Systems has added Echodyne’s EchoShield radar to its Anti Threat System (BATS), a counter-drone platform that recently completed live trials in Scotland. The EchoShield radar will provide airspace data to help BATS detect, classify, and track uncrewed aircraft, and its tracking information will feed into the platform’s command-and-control architecture. According to the Unknown Source, the integration of EchoShield into BATS demonstrates the platform’s ability to integrate multiple sensors and effectors to respond to evolving drone threats in real time.