Defending forward positions from drone swarm attack.
FOB perimeters, convoy corridors, and airfield environments share a common vulnerability: coordinated drone attack outpaces human response time. ARES-1 removes the operator from the per-target decision loop.
Military Threat Scenarios
FOB Perimeter Defense
A coordinated swarm of 6–12 commercial quadrotors approaches the FOB from multiple vectors at low altitude. Electronic countermeasures have been attempted and failed due to frequency-agile controllers. ARES-1 initiates autonomous tracking and engages the highest-threat tracks sequentially without operator intervention per-target.
Convoy Air Protection
Vehicle-mounted ARES-1 provides moving air protection along a convoy corridor. The system tracks threats across a 2.8 km radius as the convoy moves. Engagement parameters are configured to prioritize low-altitude, high-speed inbound contacts while excluding friendly air traffic via ADS-B cross-correlation.
Airfield Perimeter Engagement
Fixed-wing and rotary-wing military aircraft require an EMI-free operating environment. Electronic jamming in or near an airfield creates interference risk for avionics and instrument landing systems. ARES-1's defeat mechanism is kinetic — the intercept produces no RF output. The phased-array radar sensor operates on X-band and does not emit in the frequency bands used by airfield navigation or communications systems. No EMI mitigation required for airfield operations.
Military-Specific Requirements
Defense procurement buyers evaluate counter-UAS systems against a defined set of military requirements. The table below reflects ARES-1's current design status — not certified status. Certification timelines are available on request.
| Requirement | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| IFF Compatibility | Identification Friend/Foe cross-correlation to prevent engagement of friendly UAS | ADS-B integrated |
| EMCON Operation | Emission Control — operation without broadband RF jamming transmission | No jamming RF output; radar emission controlled |
| ROE Support | Operator-configurable rules of engagement parameters | Configurable at mission start |
| ITAR Compliance Readiness | Design and development process aligned with ITAR awareness from day one | Compliance-aware design |
| STANAG 4586 | NATO standard for unmanned control systems interface | In development |
| MIL-STD-810 Environmental | Military environmental testing standard (temperature, vibration, dust, rain) | Testing in progress |
Design compliance means ARES-1 is built with these requirements in mind from the architecture level. It does not mean ARES-1 has completed formal certification or qualification testing. Full compliance documentation is available under NDA to qualified procurement contacts. We will not represent certification status we have not achieved.
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