TYTAN Technologies has shown a counter-drone version of the Dingo 2 armoured 4x4 vehicle, developed with KNDS Deutschland, at the opening of its new production site in Munich-Aubing, Hartpunkt reported. TYTAN says series production of the mobile platform is planned for early 2027.
The platform is based on the pickup version of the Dingo 2, which can take 10-foot ISO containers, has ballistic protection to STANAG 4569 Level 3 and seats a crew of three: a driver, a drone operator and a weapon station operator. Its load bed can hold up to four METIS V2 launch containers with three Metis interceptor drones each, 12 in all.
Three Hensoldt Spexer 2000M 3D MkIII radar panels give the vehicle 360-degree coverage. According to Hensoldt, each panel can track more than 300 targets at once, and the X-band radar can detect targets up to 40 km away depending on its settings. The platform can also take in target and situation data from a wider air picture.
TYTAN says the Munich site can build up to 3,000 interceptor drones a month. Chief executive and co-founder Balázs Nagy said the plant will be the blueprint for further production sites in Europe.
Background
TYTAN Technologies
Counter-drone company
A Munich technology company that makes autonomous interceptor drones.
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Dingo 2
Armoured vehicle
A protected 4x4 vehicle used as the base for a counter-drone version developed by TYTAN Technologies and KNDS Deutschland.
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KNDS Deutschland
Organization
German arm of KNDS, the European defence holding formed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Nexter and based in Amsterdam.
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