United States – November 14, 2026 -- L3Harris Technologies began high-volume production of its VAMPIRE counter-drone system in 2026. The company says military forces have logged more than 350,000 operational hours with the system in European combat operations since 2023. By our calculation, that equals about 40 years of continuous operation (350,000 hours divided by 8,760 hours per year).
VAMPIRE (Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized Rocket Equipment) mounts on vehicles and launches laser-guided munitions. Tony Calderon, President of Targeting & Sensor Systems, says the system "changes the economics of drone engagements" by using mass-produced rockets against low-cost drones. L3Harris notes that early, large drones were shot down with multi-million-dollar missiles. The company did not disclose production volumes or unit prices.
L3Harris turns to electronic warfare for medium-size, longer-range drones
The company says rocket-based cost per target rises, and effectiveness is less certain, against medium-size threats with longer stand-off ranges. It names electronic warfare as the preferred answer for those targets. Its offer is the Nimble Finch and Nimble Finch Pro jamming platforms, which belong to the Nimble family of electronic countermeasure systems. L3Harris describes the family as expandable to meet new threats.
Wraith Shield reaches existing radios as a software-only upgrade
Wraith Shield upgrades the company's Wraith waveform and targets small commercial drones and swarms. It disrupts the drones' control links instead of using kinetic weapons. L3Harris says it will be available on the RF-9820S/AN/PRC-171 and RF-9820S-ER devices later this year. It will follow on all Wraith-capable devices early next year.
Because the company describes the product as software-only, current Wraith users receive it as an upgrade to their waveform. L3Harris is partnering with DataShapes AI for a body-worn control device. The DataShapes application collects and classifies radio-frequency data from the networked radios and shows users which drone links to disrupt.
Faisal Munir, President of Mission Critical Communications, calls Wraith Shield the first converged solution in the industry for assured communications and counter-UAS protection at the tactical edge. The claim is the company's own and is not independently verified.
Drone Guardian and CORVUS-RAVEN add sensing for airports and forward positions
Drone Guardian correlates radar, radio-frequency, electro-optical/infrared, acoustic and other sensor inputs into a single track picture. L3Harris positions it for fixed and temporary installations, and says airports and other civilian infrastructure need protection from non-state actors.
CORVUS-RAVEN provides passive drone detection with integrated defeat-jamming. At the U.S. Army's Project Convergence-Capstone 6, L3Harris and ARX Robotics U.K. integrated it onto a remotely controlled uncrewed ground vehicle. The demonstration showed detection extended into forward or hazardous areas with less personnel exposure. The Individual CORVUS Node at its core is a software-defined radio, and networked nodes share sensing information across multiple units.