Indra demonstrates Crow C-UAS at NATO exercise

Indra has demonstrated its Crow counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) technology at the Anti-Drone Interoperability Exercises (TIE24), organised by NATO’s Communications and Information Agency (NCIA). Crow is designed to interoperate with other systems and adapt to each mission and type of attack, including drone swarms. The tests demonstrated its capacity to integrate with 27 sensors and effectors from different manufacturers in Europe.

The system used the new NATO interoperability standard (C-UAS AEDP-4869), previously known as SAPIENT, which allows for the integration of all types of technologies in a simple ‘plug and play’ way.  Indra participated in TIE24’s ‘blind’ exercises, known as the Performance Challenge, with which NATO sought to validate the new interoperability standard that must ensure that the technologies of allied countries can be combined. Crow was used by military operators who had not received prior training to operate it and Indra said this posed no problems.

During the exercises, Indra also tested its new radio frequency sensor as part of the specific tests carried out by the study group of the Radio Frequency Detection and Classification of Unmanned Aerial Systems (NATO SET-204) project. This system also used the new NATO interoperability standard to integrate with other command and control systems. 

The Spanish Air Force has used the Indra Crow system in real missions, such as the one carried out in Mali. Other countries have used the system to protect airspace at major conventions and international events.