The agreement builds on the successful integration of TYTAN’s kinetic Interceptor-S into the compartment box of the BOXER RCT30. The fully integrated solution was demonstrated during the Bundeswehr’s Experimentalserie Land in Munster/Bergen in autumn 2025.
Under the expanded collaboration, the partners aim to field solutions to protect KNDS land systems and their crews against unmanned aerial threats using TYTAN’s drone-on-drone technology. The cooperation also covers joint work on a new European standard for mobile UAS launch solutions and further development of counter-UAS technologies for base protection and frontline air defence.
Balázs Nagy, chief executive and co-founder of TYTAN, said: “Two companies with a clear track record of battle-proven systems are joining forces to set the standard in C-UAS systems. We strongly believe in the synergy of innovation at scale in partnership with a strong industrial partner.”
Mathias Nöhl, executive vice president for digitalisation at KNDS, added: “As a leading European provider of land systems, we are convinced that agile and innovative companies like TYTAN and KNDS are an ideal fit to drive the integration of new, innovative solutions and offer soldiers the best possible systems.”
Reiche highlighted the broader context for such cooperation, stating: “Drones are enablers. As dual-use systems, they protect critical infrastructure while at the same time contributing to defence against hostile aerial threats in Ukraine.” She added: “This technology is not developed at a desk alone. Its evolution is shaped by real operations, by experience from the field, including Ukraine, and by the willingness to take responsibility and accept risk. Only this creates real capability.”
