ELTA North America (ELTA NA), a United States company headquartered in Maryland, is a defense industry leader in integrated Counter UAS solutions, fixed and mobile radars, ground vehicle protection systems, airborne sensors, and cutting-edge solutions for National Security across multiple domains. ELTA NA performs on both classified and unclassified US based contracts. Expertise includes production and assembly of the Iron Dome radar among other design, production, assembly, integration, test and repair efforts. ELTA NA’s participation in the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft System Office (JCO) demo consisted of two integrated systems that were enhanced beyond the prior operational capability. Both the Modular Air Defense System Kit and the On-the-Move System were demonstrated, primarily highlighting the improved radar capabilities that provide autonomous Detect, Track, Identification and Classification prior to alerting an operator and recommending a defeat solution.
COL Michael Parent, Chief of Acquisitions & Resources at the Army-led JCO stated, “Demo Five really was our most challenging JCO demonstration to date. The systems attending this event all showed a “greater level of maturity” and offered “much better solutions” to the threat compared to those at previous demos. ELTA NA was one of 8 selected from a group of 60 applicants mature enough to handle this task. .”
“This was an incredibly difficult field demonstration. There were up to 50 unmanned aircraft of different types converging on a single target at one time. Our radars are cutting edge, there’s a reason why they were used by others in this JCO Demo. Although ELTA NA has the ability to provide a fully integrated solution, we believe it’s important to work across industry as partners for effective layered solutions to counter this dynamic threat environment,” said ELTA NA CEO Joe Adams.
The MADS-K (Modular Anti-Drone System Kit) is a modular, low-cost, lightweight, simultaneous ground target and UAS detection and mitigation system. MADS-K provides the operator a stand-alone mission-scalable C-UAS capability. Easy to train, deploy, operate and maintain, the MADS-K baseline system’s modular design incorporates a radar, EO/IR camera, and jammer operating in 360° of azimuth and positive target identification at tactically significant ranges. MADS-K detects, positively identifies, tracks, and when desired jams UAS group 1 and 2 targets.
The On-The-Move V4 (OTM V4) is a modular and scalable Counter UAS (C-UAS) solution for early warning, detection, disruption, and alert at convoy speeds. The OTM V4 system implements a multi-sensor, multi-layer architecture that protects against various types of rotary and fixedwing UAS. The fielded system provides 360° coverage and is equipped with four phase array radar panels that transmit simultaneously with high time-on-target (TOT) and energy. The integrated EO/IR camera receives target cues from the radar to visually identify the threat, allowing the operator to mitigate using the RF jammer or drone take-over system.
