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Counter-UAS procurement

Ondas reports Ranger and Iron Drone Raider orders in Europe and Asia

Ondas says it secured counter-drone contracts for portable Ranger systems with an unnamed European police organisation and Iron Drone Raider interceptors with an unnamed Asian government customer. Deliveries and acceptance were not reported.

Ondas announced on 4 November that it had secured what it called multi-million-dollar counter-UAS contracts in Europe and Asia. It identified a portable Ranger order for a major European police organisation and an Iron Drone Raider order from an Asian government customer. Neither customer was named, and Ondas did not disclose an exact contract value for either award.

Two different counter-drone roles

Ondas describes Ranger as a man-carried system for drone detection, identification, tracking and mitigation in mobile security operations. It presents Iron Drone Raider as an autonomous physical interceptor intended to address hostile aircraft, including those without an active radio-frequency control link. The release describes product roles; it provides no new measured interception results, threat sets or operational performance for these customer orders.

Procurement status

The supplier says contracts have been secured. It does not identify quantities, delivery schedules, accepted configurations or deployment sites, and there is no customer announcement in the reviewed material. A signed order should not be read as completed delivery or operational acceptance. Customer confirmation and subsequent delivery or field-test reports would establish the next verifiable steps.

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  • — Added supplier-reported Ranger and Iron Drone Raider orders, keeping unnamed customers, undisclosed quantities and unconfirmed deliveries explicit.

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