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On April 28, AeroVironment, Inc.<\/a> announced the release of\u00a0Halo_Shield, a modular, distributed, and cost-effective counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) designed to predict, detect, track, identify and defeat advanced airborne threats\u2014including Group 1\u20135 UAS, coordinated drone swarms, and subsonic cruise missiles\u2014protecting critical infrastructure and deployed forces worldwide.<\/p>\n

Developed as part of AV\u2019s holistically integrated C-UAS strategy, Halo_Shield introduces a unique, tile-based layered defense architecture that is open, scalable, and adaptable to today\u2019s evolving threats. The system is designed to support emerging homeland defense priorities by enabling resilient, area-wide protection of high-value U.S. and allied partner assets, including borders, military installations, and other critical infrastructure. AV is currently demonstrating capabilities and has deployed Halo_Shield tiles at select critical sites.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe character of the air threat has fundamentally changed,\u201d said Wahid Nawabi, chairman, president, and chief executive officer at AV. \u201cCheap, massed, and coordinated aerial systems are stressing traditional point defenses. Halo_Shield is our answer\u2014a collaborative, modular approach that brings together the best of AV and a trusted supplier ecosystem to close those gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the core of Halo_Shield is a mission-tailored, distributed and domain-specific tile architecture\u2014comprising\u00a0Sentinel, Terrestrial, Nautical, Aerial and Celestial tiles.\u00a0Each tile delivers a specialized combination of sensors, effectors, and command-and-control capabilities, drawing on technology from AV and its trusted ecosystem of suppliers. The result is a cost-efficient defense architecture that is offense-ready, extends protection beyond point defense and sustains decisive situational advantage in contested battlespaces across air, land, sea and space.<\/p>\n

Designed for plug-and-play integration, Halo_Shield is deployable as portable fly-away kits and integrates seamlessly with existing customer sensors, effectors, and command-and-control frameworks\u2014delivering scalable, resilient, area-wide protection with minimal training and personnel demands. Powered by AV_Halo, AV\u2019s unified software platform, the system is purpose-built yet agnostic, designed to incorporate new capabilities while seamlessly integrating with customers\u2019 existing command-and-control systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cHalo_Shield is engineered like an edge processing-capable set of tiles for modern air defense,\u201d said Larry Lloyd, senior vice president of strategic initiatives at AV. \u201cEach tile is a self-contained capability that can operate on its own or snap together to build exactly the defense architecture a mission demands. That modularity lets operators scale, adapt, and reconfigure in real time as threats evolve, without redesigning the system or retraining the force. It\u2019s how you move from static point defense to a living, mission-tailored shield.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: AeroVironment<\/p>\n

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