Facts

• Company: Origin Robotics
• Product type: Interceptor Drone
• Status: active
• Capability focus: Counter UAS
• Website: https://origin-robotics.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Timeline / Research
• Operations Claims / Customers and deployments
• Sources

Summary

BLAZE is Origin Robotics autonomous high-explosive counter-UAS interceptor. It is man-portable and rapidly deployable, built to defeat loitering munitions and hostile UAVs in contested battlefield environments.

Overview

BLAZE is Origin Robotics autonomous high-explosive counter-UAS interceptor. It is man-portable and rapidly deployable, built to defeat loitering munitions and hostile UAVs in contested battlefield environments.

Market context

BLAZE is Origin Robotics' autonomous counter-UAS interceptor, a compact defense drone product with public range, speed, deployment-time and warhead details.

• Target environment: Forward defense sites, air-defense positions, NATO/allied field environments and contested counter-drone missions.
• Workflow context: Radar-cued interception workflow: detect hostile UAVs, launch a portable interceptor, use autonomous target acquisition and keep human confirmation in the engagement loop.
• Customer context: Defense users, air-defense units and government buyers seeking lower-cost interception against drones and loitering munitions.
• Deployment model: Fielded defense product with public reporting on allied use and a Latvian framework agreement.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial/procurement stage for defense customers; public claims are enough for a complete product profile but not for classified performance inference.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on rules of engagement, target classification, inventory depth, operator training, logistics and integration with existing counter-UAS sensors.
• Market position: A sharp European counter-UAS startup signal: more concrete than a concept because BLAZE has public technical claims and procurement context.
• Adjacent products: Perennial Autonomy Merops, Anduril Anvil, Fortem DroneHunter, MARSS Interceptor, other autonomous counter-UAS interceptors

Audience

Defense

Workflow

Radar-cued interception workflow: detect hostile UAVs, launch a portable interceptor, use autonomous target acquisition and keep human confirmation in the engagement loop.

Capability

counter_uas

Deployment environment

Forward defense sites, air-defense positions, NATO/allied field environments and contested counter-drone missions.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Defense
• Workflow: Radar-cued interception workflow: detect hostile UAVs, launch a portable interceptor, use autonomous target acquisition and keep human confirmation in the engagement loop.
• Capability: counter_uas
• Deployment environment: Forward defense sites, air-defense positions, NATO/allied field environments and contested counter-drone missions.

Specifications

• System Type: Autonomous high-explosive counter-UAS interceptor
• Deployment Time Min: 10 min
• Intercept Range Km: 16 km
• Target Speed Kph: 200 km/h
• Weight Kg: Under 6 kg
• Warhead: 800 g high-explosive fragmentation warhead
• Sensing: Radar detection plus EO/IR and AI-powered computer vision
• Engagement Model: Autonomous detection, take-off and target acquisition with final human confirmation

Timeline / Research

• 2026-06-16 - Contract Award - France selects Origin Robotics BLAZE interceptor drone through DSV - The selection links Latvian Origin Robotics with French partner DSV for French Armed Forces counter-UAS capability.
• 2026-05-19 - Contract Award - Origin Robotics signs multi-year Latvian framework for BLAZE interceptor drones - Origin Robotics secured a multi-year framework agreement with the Latvian Armed Forces for continued supply…
• 2025-10-06 - Demonstration - Origin Robotics showcases BLAZE counter-UAS interceptor at DSEI 2025 - Origin Robotics showcased the BLAZE counter-UAS interceptor after its May 2025 launch.
• 2025-05-07 - Product Launch - Origin Robotics unveils BLAZE autonomous counter-drone interceptor - Origin Robotics introduced BLAZE as an autonomous counter-drone interceptor for fast aerial threats.

Operations Claims / Customers and deployments

• Procurement Status - French Armed Forces BLAZE selection through DSV - 2026-06-16 - French Armed Forces / DSV - defense counter-UAS procurement - Origin Robotics was selected with French partner DSV for French Armed For…
• Framework Delivery Status - multi-year BLAZE interceptor drone delivery framework - 2026-05-19 - Latvian Armed Forces - counter-UAS interceptor drone procurement - Origin Robotics secured a multi-year Latvian Armed Forc…