Falcon Shield
Counter Unmanned
Air System (C-UAS)
The Multi-Domain Falcon Shield C-UAS ecosystem is Leonardo’s operationally-proven high assurance Counter-Uncrewed Air Systems (C-UAS) capability. Rapidly deployable, scalable and modular, it addresses the threat from Class 1-3 Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS).
With a highly flexible and configurable system, Falcon Shield enables operators to accurately detect, track, identify and defeat threats through a fully integrated suite of sensors and effectors.
Falcon Shield uses an open architecture approach to integrate with the best-of-breed sensors and effectors, specific to a customer's requirements. This includes Electro-Optical and Infrared Sensors, Radars and Electronic Support Measures (ESM), all of which provide 360-degree protection.
Command and Control (C2) systems, including Leonardo’s HYAS C2, prioritizes the most potent threats at significant range to give operators the most amount of time to defeat incoming drones using both hard and soft kill effectors.
Falcon Shield supports the security and protection of military forces and bases, safeguards critical infrastructure, enhances safety at public and government events, and delivers sector, zonal, and wide-area surveillance.
The UK Royal Air Force, The Royal Canadien Air Force, the Italian Air Force and Army, and other European and International customers already field specific configurations.
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- Ease of use, low user fatigue, and training needs
- Maximizes situational awareness with low false alarm rates
- Easy interface with existing customer infrastructure
- Enables accurate geo-location of threat for hand-off to
effector, counter-measure or external actor - Enables integration with existing air defense radar installations or as a stand-alone system
- Solution for both close-in, e.g. urban canyons and long-range surveillance and threat identification
- Enables threat evaluation and confirmation at beyond effective threat range
- Aids accurate geolocation of UAV controller location when identified via EO sensors
- Electronic Surveillance to provide detection and tracking of threat elements
- Ability to optimize sensor locations and coverage
- Enables deployment in a broad range of operational requirements across a global environment
- Intuitive Human Machine Interface (HMI)
- Automated threat detection and tracking
- Open-standards IP based control interfaces
- Geospatial Information Systems
- Open-standards IP and ASTERIX radar interfaces
- Continuous 360° or sector coverage
- Federated or integrated radar solutions
- NERIO-ULR Gyro-stabilised EO payload with 360° coverage
- Family of EO payloads
- High-resolution thermal and visible band cameras
- Eyesafe laser range finder
- Electronic surveillance and attack
- Modular and scalable system architecture
- Multiple EO and RF sensors capability
- Rugged design
- Security and protection of military forces and bases
- Protection of critical infrastructure and facilities
- Safety at public, national, and government events
- Fixed, relocatable, or deployable configurations
- Sector, zonal or wide-area security and surveillance