C-UAS Solution Underwent a One-Year Test Period

In late November the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) police authority announced a decision to procure the Elysion counter-UAS software solution developed by ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH, following a rigorous test programme lasting over a year.

Henceforth, police forces in NRW will use ESG’s highly specialised counter-UAS software to provide the best possible protection against drones. The authority’s Drone Defence Operational Advisory Centre confirmed that Elysion proved its performance during the comprehensive test phase, and was also able to demonstrate operational readiness at last year’s G7 summit in Elmau. German federal and state police forces, the Bundeswehr and international operators already use Elysion.

Elysion is a comprehensive further development of the Guardion software core, consisting of processing core intelligence and highly networked, map-based situation display. The extensive operational experience and feedback from various civilian, police and military users have been directly incorporated into Elysion, so that it reflects the diverse and highly complex requirements of operations in an ideal way. Following the successful acceptance of the Abwehrsystem gegen unbemannte Luftfahrzeuge (ASUL – counter-UAS system) by the Bundeswehr last summer, the procurement of Elysion by the NRW police is a further important success for ESG’s drone defence team. Both events highlight the significance of drone defence in both domestic and foreign security, as well as ESG’s leading role as a partner for reliable protection against threats from uncooperative drones. ESG has been one of the leading German providers of design, integration, operation and in-service support of complex, security-related electronic and IT systems for over five decades.