ParaZero Technologies Ltd., an aerospace defence company pioneering smart, autonomous solutions for the global manned and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) industry, recently announced a new integrated Counter-UAS capability combining ParaZero’s DefendAir Net Pod with Axon Vision’s ForceField Edge AI-powered defence system.
The new configuration is designed to provide critical infrastructure, airports, energy facilities, homeland security assets and other sensitive sites with an integrated Counter-UAS solution that combines passive electro-optical detection, artificial intelligence-driven threat analysis, engagement management and controlled, non-explosive, net-based physical interception.
The integration introduces DefendAir as an additional response capability within the Axon Vision’s ForceField family, enabling the system to address operational environments where controlled physical interception is preferred.
While the initial ForceField configuration is designed to protect maneuvering forces through an integrated kinetic response, the DefendAir-enabled configuration expands the system’s potential application to fixed and sensitive sites where explosive effects, fragmentation, and rounds downrange may be operationally unwanted.
The integrated solution is built around ForceField’s “Detect, Understand, Respond” operational cycle. ForceField provides passive electro-optical detection, AI-driven analysis, engagement management and Man-on-the-Loop control, while DefendAir provides the autonomous net-based interception capability.
The result is a modular Counter-UAS configuration intended to maintain ForceField’s common Edge AI core, operational workflow and decision-making architecture while supporting an additional interception option.
ParaZero and Axon Vision recently demonstrated the integrated configuration during Axon Vision’s trial campaign in Israel, successfully validating interoperability between the two systems under operationally representative conditions.
The companies have signed a non-binding MOU establishing the framework for the parties’ intention for continued integration, development and potential commercialization of the combined capability, which shall be subject to the execution of definitive documentation.
“Modern Counter-UAS defence requires detection, decision-making and interception capabilities to operate as one integrated architecture,”
said Ariel Alon, CEO of ParaZero Technologies.
“The integration with ForceField advances our strategy of establishing DefendAir as the standard for net-based physical interception, while expanding the pathways for leading defence companies and system integrators to deploy our technology across critical and sensitive environments.”
“ForceField was designed from day one as an open and modular operational architecture, rather than a single product configuration. Different operational environments require different engagement capabilities,”
said Neri Zin, CEO of Axon Vision.
“Our collaboration with ParaZero demonstrates how the same ForceField architecture can support complementary interception options while maintaining the same Edge AI core and operational workflow. This approach allows us to address a broader range of operational requirements while continuing to build the ForceField family around a common technology foundation.”
ForceField’s open and modular architecture is designed to support the integration of complementary sensors and effectors while maintaining a common operational and decision-making foundation.
The integration of DefendAir demonstrates how ParaZero’s Net Pod can serve as a physical interception component within broader Counter-UAS architectures developed by defense manufacturers, autonomous platform companies and system integrators.
Source: ParaZero