Product profile
A1-Falke
A1-Falke is ARGUS Interception net-based counter-UAS interceptor drone. It captures uncooperative drones with integrated net launchers and supports control...
Facts
- Company
- ARGUS Interception
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial counter-UAS interceptor
- Website
- https://argus-interception.com/en/
About A1-Falke
A1-Falke combines radar cueing with onboard LiDAR and depth-camera sensing to approach a target and position itself for capture. Two integrated net launchers give the interceptor more than one capture opportunity during a sortie, after which the target can be carried or lowered to a controlled recovery area.
The system can be deployed from fixed sites, vehicles or mobile teams and operated continuously around protected infrastructure. ARGUS positions the non-destructive capture workflow for airports, prisons, military sites and public events where an explosive or kinetic interception could create additional risk on the ground.
Market context
aircraft, counter_uas, fielded_counter_uas_interceptor, official_product_page
Summary
Type: UAV
Core: Net capture
Function: Interception
Audience: Defense
Specifications
- aircraft_class
- Net-based counter-UAS interceptor UAV
- certification_status
- Procurement-ready net-capture technology; official about page describes NSN-listed system status
- commercial_track_record
- Bundeswehr and German Federal Police deliveries disclosed
- deployment_modes
- Stationary, vehicle-supported and highly mobile car-trunk deployment configurations
- effect_model
- Controlled net capture instead of kinetic defeat or debris-producing neutralisation
- mission_profile
- Detection, identification, automated interception, capture and recovery of uncooperative drones
- network_architecture
- Radar-supported protection of large safety zones by networking multiple interceptor drones and ground sensors
- operating_model
- Automated interception workflow with low personnel burden for drone-defence operation
- payload_architecture
- Interception drone with two integrated net launchers net launchers
- recovery_method
- Captured drones are brought down intact for forensic analysis and evidence preservation
- sensor_payloads
- Radar, digital lidar and depth-sensing camera suite for defined-airspace monitoring and target interception
- service_support
- Developed and manufactured in Germany for armed forces, authorities and critical-infrastructure operators
- supported_conditions
- Critical-infrastructure protection with 24/7 operation possible
Operations
- Environment
- critical_infrastructure_airspace, airport_or_sensitive_facility, public_event_airspace, government_site_security, military_site_security
- Primary user
- defence_operator, public_safety_operator, federal_police_operator, critical_infrastructure_security
- Role
- counter_uas_interception, non_kinetic_drone_capture, airspace_security, forensic_recovery
- Interaction model
- operator_supervised_autonomy, sensor_guided_interception, net_capture
- Mobility class
- aerial_interceptor_uav
- Product detail
- aircraft, counter_uas, fielded_counter_uas_interceptor, official_product_page