METIS product profile
METIS is TYTAN Technologies autonomous counter-drone interceptor system. It is designed to detect, pursue and defeat hostile UAVs in real time, giving defense operators a reusable air-defense tool for protecting troops, infrastructure and contested airspace.
Facts
- Company: TYTAN Technologies
- Product type: UAV
- Status: development
- Capability focus: Generalist
- Website: https://www.tytan-technologies.com/
Profile sections
- Summary
- Overview
- Market context
- Audience
- Workflow
- Capability
- Deployment environment
- Positioning tags
- Specifications
- Tags
- Timeline / Research
- Comparable Systems
- Sources
Summary
METIS is TYTAN Technologies autonomous counter-drone interceptor system. It is designed to detect, pursue and defeat hostile UAVs in real time, giving defense operators a reusable air-defense tool for protecting troops, infrastructure and contested airspace.
Overview
METIS is TYTAN Technologies autonomous counter-drone interceptor system. It is designed to detect, pursue and defeat hostile UAVs in real time, giving defense operators a reusable air-defense tool for protecting troops, infrastructure and contested airspace.
Market context
METIS is TYTAN Technologies' high-speed autonomous interceptor platform for counter-UAS and air-defence missions.
- Target environment: Field sites, tactical environments, inspection routes and aerial operations where unmanned aircraft can collect data or perform missions.
- Workflow context: Aerial reconnaissance, inspection, sensing, payload delivery, tactical operation and remote mission support.
- Customer context: Defense users, public-safety teams, inspection providers and operators using drones for mission work.
- Deployment model: Prototype or development-stage product with public positioning and limited deployment proof.
- Commercial maturity: Publicly visible but still early, with maturity tied to demos, pilots and later customer evidence.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on regulation, endurance, payload fit, communications, weather tolerance, training and mission approval.
- Market position: METIS sits in the unmanned-aircraft lane, where mission payload, autonomy and operational workflow define value.
- Adjacent products: Skydio X10, PDW C100, XTEND Scorpio, AeroVironment Puma
Workflow
Aerial reconnaissance, inspection, sensing, payload delivery, tactical operation and remote mission support.
Deployment environment
Field sites, tactical environments, inspection routes and aerial operations where unmanned aircraft can collect data or perform missions.
Positioning tags
- Audience: Defense
- Workflow: Aerial reconnaissance, inspection, sensing, payload delivery, tactical operation and remote mission support.
- Capability: generalist
- Deployment environment: Field sites, tactical environments, inspection routes and aerial operations where unmanned aircraft can collect data or perform missions.
Specifications
- Task Scope: Counter-UAS interception and drone defense
- Operational Role: Interceptor UAV for engaging hostile drones
- Aircraft Class: Autonomous counter-UAS interceptor UAV
- Max Speed: TYTAN Interceptor B: 350 km/h; other high-speed and long-endurance variants listed
- Range: TYTAN Interceptor B: 25 km; other variants: 20-60 km
- Max Operating Altitude: Interceptor B / long-endurance: 5000 m; high-speed: 3000 m
- Aircraft Weight: 6 kg total weight listed for Interceptor B and long-endurance interceptor; 3.5 kg for high-speed variant
- Payload Capacity: 1.1 kg payload listed for Interceptor B; 1.2 kg for long-endurance interceptor; none for high-speed variant
- Guidance Model: Ground radar and autonomous navigation
- Camera Thermal: AI-powered thermal camera detection
- Effect Model: Fragmentation warhead or kinetic interception depending on variant
Tags
- Peer Group: Tactical ISR UAV
- Workflow: Drone ISR
- Capability: GPS-denied operation
- Deployment Environment: Defence operational environment
- Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
- Commercial Stage: Commercial product
Timeline / Research
- 2026-02-24 - Partnership - DEUTZ takes a stake in TYTAN Technologies and enters a strategic partnership on drone-defence propulsion and energy systems - DEUTZ announced both a financial stake in TYTAN and a strategic pa…
- 2026-02-24 - Funding - TYTAN Technologies raises €30M Series A to scale AI-powered interceptor systems across Europe - TYTAN closed a €30 million Series A co-led by Armira and the NATO Innovation Fund, bringing total fu…
- 2026-02-23 - Partnership - TYTAN Technologies and KNDS expand partnership on mobile counter-UAS systems for land operations - TYTAN and KNDS expanded their cooperation to develop integrated counter-UAS solutions for lan…
- 2026-02-23 - Facility Opening - TYTAN Technologies opens Munich headquarters and production facility - TYTAN inaugurated a new Munich headquarters and production facility combining research, system integration, quality…
- 2025-09-13 - Partnership - TYTAN Technologies and BAAINBw agree to jointly develop a demonstrator for protection against unmanned aerial threats - TYTAN and Germany's BAAINBw agreed to jointly develop a demonstrator for…
Comparable Systems
- Nightshade ADX-1 - Apollyon Dynamics - UAV
- ZY-E4 - Beijing Zhuoyi Intelligent - UAV
- IC Drone - Duke Robotics - UAV
- Fury - Anduril Industries - UAV
- AM - PDW - UAV
- Puma 3 AE - AeroVironment - UAV
- Skydio X10D - Skydio - UAV
- VAPOR 55 MX - AeroVironment - UAV
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