DroneShield seeing double as counter-UAS gun makes surprise debut in Battlefield 6

The “Suppression” mirrors its unmistakably real counterpart, DroneShield’s DroneGun MK4, with both reportedly used as a handheld solution for rapid response against unmanned aerial systems.

DroneShield chief executive officer Oleg Vornik confirmed there was no commercial arrangement with Electronic Arts and that he was aware of the striking resemblance.

“The current generation product is the (DroneGun) Mark 4 … We have approached them (EA) to discuss it. As far as I’m concerned, imitation is the best form of flattery,” he said.

“It’s not unknown inside of shoot ‘em up games to have well-known brands of equipment deployed.

“There is a gun company in the US, called Kriss … The take-up by the US and other militaries significantly increased after it was featured inside the Resident Evil computer game and then the Resident Evil movies when they came out several years ago. So, I think it’s all good promotion.

“From our perspective, we are pleased, but at the same time, obviously, we want to ensure that our intellectual property is preserved, which is why we have reached out to the game makers. But on the balance, it’s great publicity.”

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The mysterious debut of the C-UAS system on Battlefield 6 could result in some beneficial PR for DroneShield, with the game garnering a reported all-time peak of around 750,000 concurrent players at launch in October last year and around 60,000 players concurrently for January this year.

Vornik confirmed he had not yet picked up the controller and played with the “Suppression” in Battlefield 6 to see how it matches up.

“I’m in the process of finalising our annual report that we expect to go out next week so as much as I love the concept, I think I’m slightly out of time for computer games,” he said.

Robert Dougherty

Robert is a senior journalist who has previously worked for Seven West Media in Western Australia, as well as Fairfax Media and Australian Community Media in New South Wales. He has produced national headlines, photography and videography of emergency services, business, community, defence and government news across Australia. Robert graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Majoring in Public Relations and Journalism at Curtin University, attended student exchange program with Fudan University and holds Tier 1 General Advice certification for Kaplan Professional. Reach out via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or via LinkedIn.