Drone technology took a significant step forward during Estonian Defence Week, as Estonian defence company Defsecintel Solutions and Latvian company Origin Robotics signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This agreement marks the launch of a partnership that will offer a significant contribution to the Drone Wall—Europe’s first operational, cross-border system purpose-built to detect and defeat hostile drones.
The rapidly growing threat of hostile drones requires mobile and cost-effective C-UAS systems capable of detecting and neutralizing different types of UAVs with a wide range of countermeasures and various effectors. Defsecintel Solutions, drawing on operational insights from Ukraine, has developed and manufactures the Eirshield system – a modular, turn-key C-UAS platform that integrates advanced technologies from leading European companies with combat-proven performance.
“This is not a concept. This is a live, integrated system that’s ready today and already protecting Europe’s eastern flank. This is not a roadmap or a PowerPoint. We offer European end-users a turnkey C-UAS solution with the best available combat-proven effectors in the Baltic region against low-flying hostile drones.”
Jaanus Tamm, CEO of Defsecintel Solutions
“Politicians have called for a Drone Wall. We are ready to build it,” said Jaanus Tamm, CEO of Defsecintel Solutions. “This is not a concept. This is a live, integrated system that’s ready today and already protecting Europe’s eastern flank. This is not a roadmap or a PowerPoint. We offer European end-users a turnkey C-UAS solution with the best available combat-proven effectors in the Baltic region against low-flying hostile drones.”
Defence system combats unmanned threats
Together, the companies offer a system providing long-range radar and signal disruption with autonomous aerial interceptors to deliver a fast, modular, and scalable defence against unmanned threats. The system is specifically designed to counter loitering munitions, fixed-wing reconnaissance UAVs, swarming drone tactics.
It is fully operational, built on combat-proven platforms, and designed to adapt to fast-changing threat environments. Defsecintel Solutions brings advanced long-range detection, electronic warfare (EW) capabilities, and multi-layer sensor fusion—refined through active deployments in Ukraine.
Origin Robotics contributes its autonomous drone interceptor, Blaze, a man-portable, operator-supervised platform that can track, identify, and destroy high-speed aerial targets using onboard AI and computer vision. Blaze has been engineered to counter drones that evade conventional air defense systems. Equipped with an HE fragmentation warhead, it ensures precise and effective threat elimination, even in contested environments.
Baltic countries collaborate on innovative aerial defence system
“The need for a system like Blaze is immediate; it’s driven by real-world operational demands that are unfolding right now,” said Agris Kipurs, CEO of Origin Robotics. “It delivers fast-launch interception at a fraction of the cost. No theory—this is already in the hands of real users.”
12 million euros will be invested in building the Baltic drone wall.
This cooperation is a direct response to the increasing scale and complexity of aerial threats in the region, especially along Europe’s eastern border. With UAV attacks now a daily feature of modern warfare, nations cannot afford to wait for traditional procurement timelines.
The Baltic Drone Wall concept is launched by Defsecintel Solutions and Defence Estonia Cluster with partners from other Baltic States. ERR noted last year that nearly €12 million in government funding over the next three years will support the Baltic drone wall.
GOOD TO KNOW
- Defsecintel Solutions is an Estonian defence company. With systems proven in Ukraine, DefSecIntel develops and manufactures mobile autonomous surveillance platforms, counter-UAS systems and interceptor drones, unmanned surface vessels, all equipped with AI-powered C2ISR software.
- As the initiator of the Baltic (anti-)Drone Wall concept, the company integrates the best effectors, sensors, and software from Baltic partners into turnkey, scalable solutions that protect borders, critical infrastructure, and the EU’s Eastern flank against hostile drones and hybrid threats.
- Origin Robotics is a Riga-based defense tech company specializing in advanced autonomous unmanned aerial weapons systems.
- By deploying advanced drone technology for munition delivery and guidance – and leveraging AI and computer vision to transform conventional rounds into precision-guided munitions – Origin Robotics enhances strike precision while significantly reducing costs. Founded in response to the invasion of Ukraine, the startup has rapidly demonstrated its effectiveness, with its flagship system, BEAK, already deployed by the Latvian and Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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