UK's BAE Systems Adds US-Made EchoShield Radar to Track Drones for Its BATS Counter-Drone System

BAE Systems has selected and integrated Echodyne's EchoShield radar into its modular BAE Anti Threat System, or BATS, for detecting and tracking unmanned aerial threats. EchoShield uses metamaterials electronically scanned array technology to provide persistent radar tracks, target classification and position data to a command-and-control architecture that can coordinate different sensors and countermeasures. BATS recently completed live trials in Scotland demonstrating coordinated detection and response within its open, software-defined architecture. The announcement concerns successful sensor integration, not a newly disclosed platform acquisition or fielding contract, and no programme value or delivery quantity was specified.