As the threat landscape rapidly evolves with increasingly agile and unpredictable uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), L3Harris is staying ahead of this warfighter need with adaptive, integrated counter-UAS solutions (CUAS) capable of responding in real-time. Warfighters need the right tools and technology at the right time to execute their missions successfully, stay safe, and maintain operational advantage over adversaries. During VANAHEIM, a dynamic field-based demonstration run by the British Army’s RAPSTONE Task Force, L3Harris placed its advanced counter-small UAS technology, CORVUS-RAVEN, directly into the hands of British soldiers to gain valuable, real-time feedback, shaping the future of the technology. VANAHEIM is a joint exercise run between the British and U.S. Armies at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, to identify new CUAS solutions to aid the British Army in updating and modernising capabilities, technology and tactics against the rapid development of small UAS threats in line with recent global conflicts.
“VANAHEIM provided an invaluable opportunity to get L3Harris CORVUS-RAVEN capability into the hands of users,” said Ian Menzies, General Manager of L3Harris’ Intelligence and Cyber International division. “By taking part in the trial, we’ve been able to show British soldiers how our equipment can benefit their missions in a live field environment. This close collaboration with the customer will inform further development of the capability, ensuring our technology is fully aligned to their needs and ready for the future.”
VANAHEIM required that each CUAS solution be designed for use by generalist soldiers, small enough to be portable and focused on Class 1 UAS systems. These requirements aligned perfectly with L3Harris’CORVUS-RAVEN counter-small UAS capability, a counter-drone system that provides enhanced situational awareness through the rapid detection and indication of drone threats, as well as integrated jamming functionality.’ With passive detection capability up to four kilometres and a visual display with battle management applications such as Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK), CORVUS-RAVEN is a lightweight and highly portable solution ideally placed to address counter-small UAS challenges on the battlefield. L3Harris showcased CORVUS-RAVEN in two configurations at VANAHEIM, a unit mounted onto a Coyote vehicle and a dismounted variant wearable by soldiers. During the L3Harris demo, British Army soldiers operated CORVUS-RAVEN in various realistic mission scenarios and provided direct feedback to L3Harris experts based on their experience with the kit, helping to shape and inform future capability.
CORVUS-RAVEN brings operators unsurpassed signal detect-and-defeat jamming capability. At the heart of this system is L3Harris’ Individual CORVUS Node (ICN), a lightweight, compact electronic warfare system that enables forces to rapidly switch between multirole, multiplatform and multifunction capabilities. Software-defined, this capability is ready to rapidly detect, locate, classify and defeat evolving UAS threats across the future battlespace. L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is an American technology company, defense contractor, and information technology services provider that produces products for command and control systems, wireless equipment, tactical radios, avionics and electronic systems, night vision equipment, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C3ISR) systems and products, ocean systems, instrumentation, navigation products, training devices and services, and both terrestrial/spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense, and commercial sectors. The company was formed from the merger of L3 Technologies and Harris Corporation on June 29, 2019, which made it the sixth-largest defense contractor in the United States.
