Leonardo DRS completes first sea trials of maritime counter drone system for small uncrewed vessels

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025

Leonardo DRS has completed its first open-water trials of a maritime Mission Equipment Package (MEP) designed to protect naval fleets from uncrewed aerial systems. The scalable system adapts the company's land-based mobile short-range air defense and C-UAS technologies for small uncrewed surface vessels, enabling remote ship defense against aerial and surface threats. The demonstrations, h