ERA participated in the DroneShield 2026 exercise, which focused on the use of drones and protection against them
ERA experts participated in an international experimental exercise orgnized by the Czech Armed Forces called DroneShield 2026. The exercise was held under the auspices of the NATO DIANA program.
Soldiers and representatives of Czech and foreign industrial companies tested the possibilities of using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Counter-UAS systems for defense against them. ERA together with its subsidiaries R-SYS and EOS Applications engaged in an intensive marathon of testing new technologies under conditions close to the real battlefield.
R-SYS introduced a system called DOMINUS X, a Command and Control system which formed the backbone of the entire tested solution, integrating various types of sensors (radar, EO/IR, tags, MLAT, ADS-B) plus connecting them to ATM/ATC systems. The aim was to demonstrate the speed and agility of integrating third-party sensors and their effective use in a variety of tasks.
EOS Applications has demonstrated a solution called THANEOS, which adds drone´s detection, classification and tracking functionality to “simple” camera systems. The presented systems are part of the complex C-UAS solution of ERA sister company OMNIPOL Defence, which ERA cooperates with in OMNIPOL Group.
ERA would like to thank for this opportunity to the organizers from the Czech Armed Forces and NATO DIANA (Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic), who brought to life such unique exercise – outstanding in its scope, intensity and experimental character. See you next year!
More information: https://acr.mo.gov.cz/informacni-servis/zpravodajstvi/drone-shield-2026:-armada-testuje-technologie--ktere-meni-bojiste-266196/
