ArcDrone
ArcDrone is building Canada’s first autonomous defense system against kamikaze drone swarms, using deployable nodes that combine radar detection and kinetic interception in a single self-contained unit. Each node can be installed without permanent infrastructure, and multiple nodes can be linked to share sensor data, cover overlapping airspace, and hand off targets, enabling protection of single sites, corridors, or full perimeters.
- Defense Tech
- Drones & Uncrewed Systems
- Robotics
- Hardware
- Internet of Things
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Kamikaze drone swarms pose a growing threat to military installations, critical infrastructure, and public venues, yet existing counter-drone systems often rely on fixed, permanent infrastructure and separate detection and interception components. This limits deployment flexibility, creates coverage gaps, and leaves sites vulnerable to coordinated swarm attacks that overwhelm single-point defenses.
Solution
ArcDrone provides an autonomous, scalable counter-drone system built around deployable nodes, each combining radar detection and kinetic interception in a single self-contained unit that can be set up without permanent infrastructure. Nodes operate independently to detect and neutralize incoming drones, and can be interconnected so that several nodes share sensor data, cover overlapping airspace, and hand off targets between them. This allows a single node to protect one site, or a chain of nodes to protect a corridor or full perimeter, with continuous coverage maintained even if individual units go offline. The system is designed to answer drone swarms with a swarm of its own, providing layered, resilient airspace security.
Target Audience
Primary customers are military and defense organizations, as well as operators of critical infrastructure and large venues that require protection against kamikaze drone swarm attacks.
Features
- Self-contained deployable node integrating both radar-based detection and kinetic interception in one unit
- No permanent infrastructure required for installation, enabling rapid deployment at temporary or remote sites
- Interconnected node architecture with shared sensor data, overlapping airspace coverage, and target handoff between units
- Scalable coverage model where protection grows by adding nodes, supporting single sites, corridors, or full perimeters
- Autonomous operation with failover resilience, as remaining nodes continue covering their own airspace if one goes offline