The NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training and Education Center (JATEC) together with NATO’s Joint Forces Command Transformation (ACT) conducted a new stage of testing of the innovative complex to counter guided aerial bombs (CAB).
At a training ground in France, in difficult weather conditions, development teams tested an integrated technical system – radar, software using artificial intelligence and an interceptor drone.
A conventional “hostile” target was detected, tracked and recorded by a radar with an advanced sensor subsystem, after which the AI-based software module calculated the trajectory, and the interceptor drone carried out the destruction goals.
The development is being created by companies from NATO member states with the participation of representatives of the Ukrainian innovative defense sector and with the support of experts from the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The initiators of the project are JATEC and the NATO Joint Forces Command for Transformation. The project has gone from concept to multi-level prototypes and aims to protect Ukrainian troops and civilians from one of the most dangerous threats on the modern battlefield.
The launch of work on countering Russian guided aerial bombs began in March 2025 during the 15th NATO innovation competition based on JATEC. A jury of experts from NATO’s ACT, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the Unmanned Systems Command selected three winners from 40 teams: the French Alta Ares with AI detection algorithms, the German Tytan Technologies with interception systems, and the French ATREYD with swarms of container-based interceptors.
Ukrainian specialists directly participate in the tests and provide expert comments, which allows adapting the solution to real battlefield conditions.
