NATO troops and representatives from industry worked together recently on tackling the growing threat of drones.
Around 300 participants from across the Alliance gathered in the Netherlands for Technical Interoperability Exercise (TIE) 26 – NATO’s flagship counter-drone exercise. Forty companies from 11 NATO member countries, plus partner countries Australia and Ukraine, brought more than 60 commercial systems and 40 software applications to stress-test their kit in live, real-world scenarios.
Everything from radar and radio-frequency sensors to command-and-control software was tested to see if it could detect, identify and neutralise drone threats – and crucially, if it could do so while working seamlessly alongside equipment from other countries.
