IMPACT Drones
ActiveAI-nativeAir Defense as a Service for Civilian Infrastructure.
What it does
IMPACT builds autonomous interceptor drones that ship in sealed containers. The box sits at the site it protects, data centers, power grids, airports, bases, with no crew on the pad. When sensors cue a hostile drone, an interceptor pierces its own frangible lid, launches, and rams the target, guided by onboard vision that keeps working when GPS is jammed. Legacy effectors cost $1M+ per shot against $30k threats; ours cost less than the threat and scale with the swarm, the same class of interceptor already downing Shahed drones over Ukraine. Sites subscribe to protection instead of buying missiles, hardware, reloads and monitoring included: Air Defense as a Service. 180M+ USD in signed letters of intent.
Its site says now · captured 2026-08-23
IMPACT | Autonomous interceptors, ready on demand
Autonomous counter-UAS protection for civilian infrastructure.
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