MARSS completes experiments with UK MoD, showcasing NiDAR CUAS

MARSS has successfully demonstrated the CUAS capabilities of its NiDAR system to the UK MoD.

Alongside partner defence brands, Saab and MSI, MARSS showed how NiDAR can be used to save lives during a series of experiments at the Defence BattleLab in Dorset.

The experiments at Defence BattleLab were designed by the UK MOD, to compare a traditional C2 system – where a number of operators use multiple data streams to compile information to identify the threat and design potential countermeasures – with NiDAR, a single interface that presents information and available countermeasures, and can be operated by a single user with minimal training.

During the experiment, a pilot flew a tactical reconnaissance drone to imitate a threat. The results showed that NiDAR’s C2 system, was able to autonomously detect the threat and interrogate the data to offer a tactical decision significantly faster than a traditional C2 setup with multiple highly trained operators.

Mike Collier, MARSS’ Business Development Manager, said about the event; “We set out to show the art of the possible, using NiDAR to create a dynamic, capable, evolving C2. This was a great opportunity to compare our system to a traditional C2 setup and show just how much more efficient operations can be.”