The expanded family of counter-drone VAMPIRE system now includes specialized variants for land, maritime, air, and electronic warfare operations.
A Florida-based company has expanded its counter-drone system to swiftly respond to aerial threats. L3Harris Technologies’ Vampire system is capable of defeating small unmanned autonomous systems accurately and affordably.
The expanded family of systems now includes specialized variants for land, maritime, air, and electronic warfare operations.The counter-UAS system is a self-contained platform that delivers advanced reconnaissance and precision strike capabilities against drones and remotely piloted aircraft. Vampire successfully shot down hundreds of enemy dronesThe system has supported European combat operations since 2023.“Vampire users have successfully shot down hundreds of enemy drones,” said Jon Rambeau, President, Integrated Mission Systems, L3Harris. “Compared to traditional missile systems, Vampire greatly reduces the cost per effect to defend against drone attacks.”The low-cost, multi-mission, precision-guided weapons platform can safeguard personnel and critical infrastructure against hostile unmanned systems and ground threats.Additional sensor capabilities, precision weaponsBuilding on the success of the baseline Vampire system, L3Harris has incorporated additional sensor capabilities, precision weapons, electronic jammers, and non-kinetic effects for use across several domains. The system uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to more swiftly detect, engage and defeat small and elusive unmanned threats, according to the company. The affordable, compact ISR and counter-unmanned weapons system designed to deploy on nearly any platform, vehicle or vessel. This all-in-one system excels in counter-small unmanned airborne system operations, delivering precision strike capabilities with customizable sensors and weapons and significantly reducing the cost-per-effect and overall cost of ownership.Larger weapons cache and extended range munitionsThe expanded Vampire family of systems now includes specialized variants such as the land vehicle system. Named Vampire Stalker XR, the system features a larger weapons cache and extended range munitions. The upgraded land vehicle system features a larger weapons cache and extended-range munitions.The new versions also include Vampire Black Wake, a maritime system that reduces the cost curve against small drones or fast attack watercraft and can be used aboard crewed or uncrewed vessels. Another variant is Vampire Dead Wing, a counter-unmanned aerial system is deployed from an aircraft while in flight.Containerized anti-drone system with Kinetic Effects TurretThe company also offers Vampire CASKET, a containerized anti-drone system with Kinetic Effects Turret is a self-contained Vampire-in-a-box, ready for rapid deployment to remote locations.L3Harris also developed Vampire BAT, a Base Anti-drone Turret variant that is designed to protect military bases and critical infrastructure, using automatic weapons and non-kinetic effects to minimize collateral damage.The expanded family of systems also includes Vampire Killcode, an electronic warfare variant that uses jammers to disrupt or disable threats in lieu of precision guided munitions.
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