GUARDION CUAS – Airspace Security via reliable multi-sensor detection and effective countering of uncooperative Drones

GUARDION is a mission-proven CUAS system, with its modular and scalable toolbox design providing customized solutions for military and law enforcement customers. Automatic detection and classification via its integrated multi-sensor suite ensure early warning capabilities and minimal false alarm rates. The advanced Core Intelligence and intuitive C4ISR system TARANIS® reduces the complexity of the operational picture to facilitate operators' decision-making process in engaging effective countermeasures against all control methods (including autonomous drones) with minimal collateral damage.

While UAS undoubtedly provide numerous advantages for tactical reconnaissance operations, and other military and civilian applications, unauthorized, criminal or even purpose-built terror drones represent a serious security risk to exposed personnel, vulnerable intellectual property and sensitive infrastructure such as airports.

Considering the threat complexity of drones varying in size, speed, type of control mechanism, level of automatization or methods of propulsion, customers must rely on fully-automatic multi-sensor solutions towards their conjoint objective of not letting daily business be disrupted by uncooperative drone overflights.

 In 2015, ESG, Rohde & Schwarz and Diehl Defence joined forces as an alliance of three potent and mature German industrial manufacturers and system integrators and formed the GUARDION COOPERATION, answering increasing demand from German governmental authorities for industrial support.

Working together with the most innovative European high-tech companies focusing on, the GUARDION COOPERATION is teaming RELIABILITY with AGILE INOOVATION.

 The resulting GUARDION SOLUTION provides the hardware-independent selection of technologies for automatic multi-sensor detection and classification, advanced Core Intelligence and C4ISR and a portfolio of effective countermeasures with minimal collateral damage. It is based on the mission-proven system, deployed i.a. for the protection of the ILA Berlin air show 2018, as well as major political events such as the G20 summit in Hamburg 2017, the state visit of US President Obama in June 2016 and the G7 summit in Elmau 2015.

 The presentation will focus on the acquired mission experience in active operations with governmental end-users, regarding the chances and challenges in the performance of individual technologies, the requirements of networked systems in complex environments as well as the integration into various platforms, existing infrastructure and specific SOPs.