Technology
One core. Every platform.
Autonomy, sensing, and command: the shared foundation that lets an interceptor, a UAV, an FPV overwatch drone, and a ground vehicle behave as one coordinated shield, not a shelf of disconnected tools.
Foundation
A shared autonomy core
We build to a modular open architecture so capability upgrades in software, payloads swap in the field, and our systems plug into allied command-and-control rather than replacing it. The same building blocks recur across the line rather than being rebuilt for each product. The TG-autopilot autonomy that flies the INT-3 interceptor and the Grey Widow loitering platform also runs the Magura on its autonomous missions. The frequency-agile links and fiber-optic hardline that keep a Stealth FPV flying through jamming are the resilient links the TBS ground-control and relay system carries to the whole fleet. The GPS-denied navigation that holds a Magura on course without satellites is the same optical, compass-free positioning that steadies the TBS airborne relay. And every one of these platforms can report into the Lurker operating picture.
Every design decision is measured against three tests: does it reflect how modern threats actually fight, does it protect the people and positions it defends, and can it be built and sustained affordably. The domains below describe Iron Shield's integration architecture and engineering objectives across the Iron Shield line and partner platforms. Capabilities are at different stages: some are demonstrated today, others are partner-reported, in integration, in development, or design objectives, and full integration remains subject to platform-specific technical validation, licensing, and regulatory approvals.
Discuss integrationPixel-Lock AI Guidance
Onboard computer vision acquires and holds the incoming threat through the terminal phase, resilient to GPS spoofing and RF jamming, with human authority retained over every engagement.
Sensor Fusion
Radar, RF, electro-optical and infrared inputs are designed to fuse into a single track picture, shared across platforms as they are integrated.
Fiber-Optic Hardline
Fiber-optic control to 30 km, not susceptible to RF jamming, delivers assured command and video in the most contested spectrum on earth.
GPS-Denied Navigation
Ground-referenced beacons and, where implemented, optical positioning are designed to reduce reliance on satellite navigation.
Modular Open Architecture
Standard interfaces for payloads, software, and datalinks avoid vendor lock-in and keep platforms upgradeable across their service life.
Partner-Proven Reliability
Reported operational use through our Ukrainian technology partners, refined on continuous operator feedback, not just the test range.
Capability Domains
The stack behind the shield.
Iron Shield is developing a common command-and-integration architecture intended to connect selected Iron Shield and partner platforms: interceptors, ISR and loitering UAVs, FPV strike, ground robotics, and the command layer that ties them together. Integration is being implemented progressively and remains subject to platform-specific technical validation, licensing, and regulatory approvals.
01 · Autonomy & Guidance
Machine speed. Human authority.
Onboard intelligence that finds, holds, and closes on a target through the terminal phase, while a qualified operator keeps command of every engagement.
AI Pixel-Lock target lock
Radar cueing puts the INT-3 interceptor onto the threat's flight path, then computer-vision detection holds a hard, pixel-level lock through GPS spoofing, RF jamming, decoys, and hard evasive maneuver.
TG autopilot
Trajectory-guided autopilot flies autonomous search, cruise, and terminal profiles across the interceptor, Magura ISR, and Grey Widow loitering platforms: search, close, and act without continuous piloting.
Narsil auto-targeting
On the Stealth FPV line, the Narsil system is designed to capture and track a target autonomously, holding the lock through signal loss and wind. Manufacturer-reported tracking performance under defined test conditions; detailed methodology available during technical due diligence.
02 · Sensing, Fusion & Tracking
See first. See everything.
Stabilized optics on selected platforms are intended to feed a fused, deduplicated track picture, shared across platforms as they are integrated.
Stabilized EO / thermal optics
Gyro-stabilized electro-optical and thermal payloads deliver real-time photo and digital video, day or night, from Magura ISR to the Stealth FPV family.
Multi-sensor fusion
Radar, RF, electro-optical, infrared, acoustic, and geospatial inputs fuse into one continuous, correlated track picture, the same picture every operator sees.
Detection, classification & tracking
Automatic detection and classification, including acoustic detection of Shahed-type UAVs on the RAVLYK air-defense node, surface threats the instant they appear and cue the right response.
03 · Assured Links in Contested Spectrum
Command that survives the jam.
Electronic warfare is the first thing a modern adversary brings. Every Iron Shield link is built to keep working when the spectrum turns hostile.
Frequency agility & EW resilience
In-flight band and video-channel switching on a dual control link across separate frequency bands, automatic or manual, with a back-up connection channel that keeps loitering and ISR platforms under command through active electronic attack.
Fiber-optic hardline
The Stealth “Fiberon” variants fly a fiber-optic hardline to 30 km, not susceptible to RF jamming: assured command and full-motion video with no RF control-link signature.
Optically-stabilized airborne relay
The TBS / ERLS / S-Link quadcopter relay lifts the link above the terrain and holds it, by vision alone, no GPS or compass, extending control to 50 km and beyond.
04 · GPS-Denied Operation
Precise without the satellites.
Satellite navigation is the first capability an adversary denies. Reducing dependence on it is a core Iron Shield design objective, implemented per platform.
Ground-beacon navigation
Magura and the ISR line navigate from ground-based radio beacons, holding position and route with GPS fully denied.
Optical / visual positioning
The airborne relay holds station and heading by optical positioning: no satellite fix, no magnetic compass. Optical or inertial aids on other platforms are implemented per platform.
Autonomous mission execution
Pre-planned autonomous missions keep platforms on task when the link is degraded or the operator is heads-down.
05 · Command & Control: the Lurker layer
One screen. The whole force.
The Lurker command-and-integration layer is designed to bring selected Iron Shield and partner platforms into one shared decision picture as each is integrated. The public Lurker portal is an information and situational-awareness demonstration built on public and community feeds; a secure operational command-and-control capability is a separate defence-product objective, subject to validation and approvals.
Common operating picture
A single live map of friendly and hostile tracks, sensor coverage, and platform status, shared across every operator and command node.
Data & sensor fusion
Geospatial, radar, RF, and EO/IR layers fuse and correlate automatically, the software capability the public Lurker Platform demonstrates.
Fleet command, control & playback
Task, monitor, and hand off interceptors, UAVs, and ground vehicles from one console, with real-time alerting, full mission recording, and human authority over every use of force.
06 · Ground Autonomy & Modular Architecture
One chassis. Every mission.
The RAVLYK ground robotic complex and SPEXTR K2 turn a single electric drivetrain into a family of field-reconfigurable capabilities.
Modular mission architecture
Quick-change modules reconfigure one platform for logistics, casevac, air-defense detection, firefighting, and force protection in the field.
Electric drive, low signature
An all-electric 6×6 drivetrain gives high payload and towing with a low acoustic and thermal signature: hard to hear, hard to see.
Open, upgradeable interfaces
An open-interface approach is a design objective: payload, software, and datalink interfaces intended to avoid vendor lock-in and support interoperability with allied C2, implemented progressively per platform.
07 · Effects & Payloads
The right effect, matched to the target.
Modular payloads are intended to let one airframe carry reconnaissance optics on one sortie and a mission-configured effect on the next. The effect is always a choice, under qualified human authority. Effects capability and performance are subject to configuration, testing, and export and end-use controls.
Modular payload architecture
Payloads are designed to swap in the field across a common weight and interface class. Partner loitering and FPV platforms are reported to accept reconnaissance or mission-configured effect modules up to a defined class, so a single airframe can cover reconnaissance and effect roles, subject to configuration, testing, and export and end-use controls.
Terminal placement accuracy
AI target-lock and optical stabilization are designed to hold the aimpoint through the terminal phase to improve placement accuracy under qualified human control. Effects performance and any related claims are subject to test-condition validation, weapons-effects assessment, and legal review before reliance.
Safe arming & human authority
An integrated electronic initiation board provides safe transport and remote arming, with activation only over the control channel or on contact. Every effect stays under positive, qualified human control from launch to impact.
How it comes together
One force, not a shelf of tools
The point of a shared core is that the whole is designed to be worth more than the parts. A threat picked up by a ground-based acoustic node can cue an interceptor; an interceptor's track, an ISR aircraft's imagery, and an FPV team's feed can share one operating picture; and the relay that keeps one platform connected can keep them all connected. Because every interface is open, a new sensor, a new payload, or an allied command-and-control system integrates without a redesign. That is the architecture we build to.
The aim is to let a smaller force punch above its size: not any single system, but proven and partner systems progressively integrated to work together, with a qualified human in command of every consequential decision. As the catalogue grows, each new capability is designed to adopt a common autonomy, link, navigation, and command approach, integrated per platform and subject to validation and approvals.
Request the full technical briefingSensor to shooter
The shared picture lets detection on one platform cue the right response on another, with a qualified human in the decision.
One operating picture
Every feed and track fuses into a single live map shared across the whole force.
Assured in the jam
Frequency-agile, fiber-optic, and GPS-denied by design: the link and the fix survive contact.
Open & upgradeable
New payloads, sensors, and allied C2 are intended to integrate through defined interfaces, implemented per platform.
Human-authorized
Autonomy compresses time; a qualified human still commands every use of force.
Design Principles
Human-authorized. Interoperable. Manufacturable.
Human Authority
Autonomy accelerates the operator; it does not replace human judgment. Meaningful human control is retained over the use of force.
Interoperability
We build to integrate with allied C2, sensors, and response systems, strengthening a coalition rather than fragmenting it.
Manufacturability
Engineered for scale and affordability from day one. Iron Shield is establishing licensed North American manufacturing and integration capability; Canadian manufacturing is planned following completion of financing, technology transfer and regulatory approvals.