Technology
One core. Every platform.
Autonomy, sensing, and command: the shared foundation that lets an interceptor, 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 carries across the interceptor line. The radio and control link that runs RAVLYK also runs SPEXTER, so the two ground vehicles share one operator software environment at the same signal range. The frequency-agile links and fiber-optic hardline that keep a Stealth FPV flying through jamming set the standard every link we build is held to. And every one of these platforms is designed to 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 25 km, not susceptible to RF jamming, delivers assured command and video in the most contested spectrum on earth.
GPS-Denied Navigation
Vision-based navigation and, where implemented, optical and inertial aids 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, FPV reconnaissance, ground robotics and route proving, 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 on the interceptor line: search, close, and intercept without continuous piloting.
Optional auto-tracking
On the Stealth FPV line, the optional auto-tracking module is designed to acquire and track an object 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, across the Stealth FPV family and the interceptor line.
Multi-sensor fusion
Radar, RF, electro-optical, infrared, acoustic and geospatial inputs from external sensors are designed to fuse into one continuous, correlated track picture, the same picture every operator sees, as each source is integrated.
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 interceptors and FPV platforms under command through active electronic attack.
Fiber-optic hardline
The Stealth “Fiberon” variants fly a fiber-optic hardline to 25 km, not susceptible to RF jamming: assured command and full-motion video with no RF control-link signature.
One link across the ground line
RAVLYK and SPEXTER carry the same radio and control link, so both run in one operator software environment at the same signal range, and a crew trained on one can drive the other.
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.
Vision-based navigation
Vision-based navigation on the interceptor line is designed for GNSS-denied operation, holding the route when satellite navigation is jammed or spoofed.
Optical / visual positioning
Optical positioning and inertial aids are design objectives implemented per platform, to hold heading and route without a satellite fix.
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. In development.
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
Tasking, monitoring and hand-off of interceptors and ground vehicles from one console is the capability being built toward, 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 turns a single electric drivetrain into a family of field-reconfigurable capabilities, and SPEXTER, built by Iron Shield on Iron Shield IP, proves the route ahead of it.
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 · Payloads & Mission Modules
The right payload, matched to the mission.
Modular payloads are intended to let one airframe carry reconnaissance optics on one flight and a different mission module on the next, so a single trained crew and a single spares pool cover several roles. Payload 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 FPV platforms are reported to accept reconnaissance optics, relay nodes or mission-configured modules up to a defined class, so a single airframe can cover several roles, subject to configuration, testing, and export and end-use controls.
Stabilized sensing
AI track-lock and optical stabilization are designed to hold a steady picture of what the operator is watching, so a crew sees more from further away. Performance is subject to test-condition validation before reliance.
Human authority
Every mission-module action stays under positive, qualified human control from launch to recovery, and a qualified operator retains authority over every mission.
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 FPV team's feed and a ground vehicle's camera can share one operating picture; and the link that runs one ground vehicle runs the next. 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 briefingDetection to response
The shared picture lets detection on one platform cue the right response on another, with a qualified human in the decision.
One operating picture
Feeds and tracks are designed to fuse 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, launching in Canada and expanding into the United States; the launch line follows completion of financing, technology transfer and regulatory approvals.