9 Mothers
9 Mothers builds autonomous counter-drone defense systems for the modern battlefield, with its first product, Edda, designed to stop high-speed FPV suicide drones at close range. The system combines passive acoustic detection with an in-house visual model and an ultra-fast motion platform capable of 5° movement in under 15 ms. The company targets the US Government and prime defense contractors.
- Defense Tech
- Drones & Uncrewed Systems
- Robotics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Hardware
Funding
Raised to date
$500KRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
The battlefield changed faster than the defense industry could respond. One-way FPV attack drones — assembled for hundreds of dollars, flown at 30 m/s, and swarmed in volume — now account for the majority of casualties in active conflict zones. Legacy C-sUAS systems were engineered for large, slow, RF-dependent platforms at kilometer-scale ranges and are too expensive, too heavy, and too slow for close-in engagements at 50 meters.
Solution
AI Mission Systems provides autonomous counter-drone defense systems purpose-built for the modern battlefield, delivering a complete four-system kill chain that legacy C-sUAS cannot match. Edda, the company's first product, stops high-speed FPV suicide drones at close range using a fully passive detection suite that combines coarse acoustic tracking with an in-house visual model for fine targeting. The engagement platform is an ultra-fast, ultra-light motion system capable of 5° movement in under 15 ms with 1.5 arcminute precision, paired with a shotgun effector effective against small drones at 10–100m. The company vertically scopes its development, owning perception, tracking, and engagement end-to-end so the kill chain operates as one integrated system rather than multiple vendor solutions.
Target Audience
Primary customers are the US Government and its prime contractors, along with allied governments and base operators evaluating next-generation counter-drone capabilities.
Features
- Passive acoustic detection using the drone's intrinsic signature, refined by an onboard visual model for fine targeting with zero RF emission
- Optional active radar for environments requiring additional sensing redundancy
- Ultra-fast engagement platform: 5° movement in under 15 ms at 1.5 arcminute precision
- Shotgun effector designed specifically for small drones at 10–100m range
- Compact form factor of 0.5 m³ and approximately 23 kg for infantry-mobile deployment
- Vertically scoped architecture covering perception, tracking, and engagement in a single integrated system
- Hardware developed on software tempo with small batches, fast cycle times, and field telemetry
- Engineered for attrition with cost-per-shot, manufacturability, and serviceability as first-class design constraints