“Aselsan’s EJDERHA has become the world’s first system to successfully neutralize 51 drones with a single push of a button, without firing a missile or using any ammunition,” said Ahmet Akyol, Aselsan’s president and chief executive. Akyol said the system had entered serial production and had been deployed operationally.
Aselsan chose 51 drones to mark its 51st anniversary. In a separate test, EJDERHA neutralised two wired drones at about 1,000 metres, which Aselsan says demonstrates its ability to counter targets that conventional systems can struggle to stop.
EJDERHA uses radar to detect drones and electro-optical sensors to track them. The system uses vacuum electronics to generate high-power electromagnetic waves and direct them at the aircraft’s electronic circuits.
Aselsan says the waves can interfere with a drone’s navigation, communications and command-and-control systems. Depending on the target, they can suppress, reset, disable or damage its electronics.
The company has tested EJDERHA in the field against mini and micro drones, low-altitude fixed-wing drones and both wired and wireless first-person-view drones. It has also tested the system against drone engines that use internal combustion.
