Protecting against drone attacks.

RTX’s Raytheon has combined two of its advanced technologies, the KuRFS radar and the Coyote effector, into a single system called LIDS. This system, which stands for Low, slow, small, unmanned aircraft Integrated Defeat System, is the latest advancement in defending against unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

Here’s what this means in simpler terms: imagine you have two powerful tools – one that helps you detect threats in all directions and another that helps you take out those threats. Raytheon has now put these tools together into one system called LIDS, making it even more effective in dealing with different kinds of drone threats.

They’ve also added some important parts from other companies like Northrop Grumman and Syracuse Research Corporation, which makes the whole system even better at protecting against drone attacks.