NS-4 · Counter-UAS Interceptor · In development
Strix
A fast, reusable answer to hostile drones.
A high-speed autonomous interceptor that detects, tracks and defeats hostile unmanned aircraft with kinetic precision, then returns to be flown again.
Specifications
- Class
- Group 2 UAS
- Propulsion
- Electric ducted fan
- Top speed
- 300 km/h
- Engagement range
- 10 km
- Guidance
- Vision and radar cueing
- Launch and recovery
- Box launcher, vertical recovery
Figures are design targets and subject to configuration.
Overview
Strix is Noctara's response to the drone threat that now faces every base, port and formation. It sits ready on a launcher, and when the Noctis sensor network detects a hostile aircraft, Strix launches, closes and neutralises it without an operator in the loop.
Strix uses onboard vision and radar cueing to identify its target in the terminal phase, confirming it against rules of engagement set by the operator before it commits. If the engagement is aborted, Strix returns and lands for reuse.
A single Strix battery covers a large installation, and because the interceptor is recoverable, the cost per engagement is a fraction of a missile.
Capabilities
What Strix does
01
Autonomous engagement
From detection to defeat in seconds, with human-set rules of engagement enforced onboard.
02
Reusable
Strix returns after an aborted or non-destructive engagement, ready to launch again.
03
Layered defence
Integrates with electronic warfare and gun systems through Noctis so each threat is met with the right effector.
04
Rapid emplacement
A battery of launchers and sensors is set up by a small crew in under an hour.