One of the most complex CUAS strategies is in how to adequately defeat a drone swarm. Traditional methods including interceptor and HFM are difficult to deploy against swarms due to the costs involved, the rise in EM shielding and the precision targeting.
Using advanced 3D printing techniques including stereolithography and direct metal laser sintering, Roark have produced a multi product line of programmable air burst munitions (ABM) that have payloads of streamer strings fitted with vinyl ribbons that tangle in drone rotors and steel balls which are efficient CUAS for fixed wing drones.
The Roark ABM systems are deployable via a number of methodologies:
Roark ABM 1– Our largest shell size, multi ABM that is deployed either autonomously via Plexus or through manual operation from a ground based unit. 70mm
Roark ABM 2– These ABM’s are designed to be deployed mid-air from our Mjolnir and Mjolnir CQB drones, this deployment is via automated protocols (Plexus) or via FPV and utilises the chain gun. 35mm.
Roark ABM 3– The Roark ABM 3 is a man portable firing pod and associated ABM munition and is similar to an RPG. It is fully manual operation with targeting kit. 35mm
Roark ABM 4- The Roark ABM 4 forms part of a handheld weapons system attachment and is similar to an UGL kit with targeting sensor. 30mm
