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A variant of the Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) in use with the US Marines has demonstrated the operational capability to defend against unmanned aerial systems.
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The light variant, LMADIS, is the product of a rapid development effort by AVT, the US Marine Corps Ground Based Air Defence team, and other partner suppliers.
This is the latest of an 18-month series of successful deployments where the MADIS has successfully countered enemy UAS in theatre.
AVT has been at the forefront of innovation in the counter UAS world with dozens of systems deployed worldwide supporting multiple branches of the US military and allied nations.
This encounter is a landmark event in the world of counter drone technology as it may be the first instance in which the US or its allies have openly destroyed a military drone from a nation-state adversary.
Lee Dingman, president and chief commercial officer for AVT, said, "We are humbled that the US Military continues to utilise our equipment to protect the lives of our brave men and women serving overseas. The AVT team will continue to innovate to stay at the cutting edge of force protection operations."
Furthermore, this event highlights the increasing importance of detection, tracking and defeat capabilities that are fluent in anti-drone operations. UAS present a unique threat profile that differs distinctly from manned aircraft and indirect fire, and it is imperative that allied forces invest in the proper equipment and training to counter this threat.
Over the past three years, AVT has been awarded several contracts to support the USMC, USAF, CTTSO, US SOCOM, the Australian Military and others with sales of the MADIS CUAS solution.
The mission of the MADIS (all variants) is to detect, locate, track, identify and defeat small unmanned aerial systems by combining the capabilities of radar, optics, radio frequency detection, and electronic command and control mitigation of the aircraft. The MADIS is unique in that it accomplishes the mission while the unit is static or on-the-move.
Over the past two years, worldwide incidents of negative drone-related activity has exploded, from combatants using commercial off-the-shelf drones on the battlefield, to the intentional disruption of civilian airports. In the last 12 months, AVT has been awarded over $40 million in contracts in support of multiple anti-drone initiatives for the US and allied militaries.
AVT specialises in innovative systems for counter UAS; air defence; ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance); and target acquisition for the defence and aerospace industry. We design and manufacture high-performance, multi sensor, gyro-stabilised imaging systems for airborne, ground and maritime domains. Our range of ISR imaging systems are fielded in over 50 countries.
Stephen Kuper
Steve has an extensive career across government, defence industry and advocacy, having previously worked for cabinet ministers at both Federal and State levels.
