Elysion C-UAS (current C-UAS family; formerly Xpeller)

The Elysion C-UAS is HENSOLDT's fully integrated counter-unmanned aerial system family, consolidating detection, classification, tracking and neutralisation of small UAS (sUAS up to 25 kg) under one command-and-control architecture. The system evolves directly from the field-proven Xpeller family, first deployed in 2017, and now ships across three hardware configurations — tripod-based Flexible Site Protection, vehicle-integrated mobile platforms, and the container-ised Shelterised Asset Protection — all governed by the same Elysion Mission Core C2 software.

At its core, Elysion addresses a fundamental challenge in drone detection: no single sensor technology reliably covers the full threat envelope of commercial and modified sUAS. The system therefore fuses data from complementary active and passive sensors — X-band pulse-Doppler radar (Spexer 2000 3D MkIII), RF cyber, RF direction-finding, RF time-difference-of-arrival, electro-optical and infrared cameras, and acoustic detectors — into a single AI-supported situational picture. The Elysion Mission Core software performs automated sensor data fusion, threat classification, target prioritisation across simultaneous threats, and countermeasure proposal, with the human operator retaining decision authority or optionally engaging a fully automated chain of action.

Effectors span the soft-to-hard spectrum: smart and GNSS jammers, cyber take-over, high-power electromagnetic (HPEM) pulse, ground-based net launchers, interceptor/hunter drones, and hard-kill kinetic options integrated via the Kongsberg weapon station. Countermeasures are selected to minimise collateral impact on bystanders and adjacent RF infrastructure — critical in airport and urban critical-infrastructure environments.

For GCC procurement teams, the system addresses the specific asymmetric threat profile of the region: low-signature commercial drones misused for surveillance, disruption, or attack against airports, energy facilities, or public events. HENSOLDT maintains a regional hub in Abu Dhabi and has designed Elysion for harsh desert and high-temperature operating environments per STANAG 4370. The Shelterised variant deploys and reaches operational readiness in under four hours; the vehicle variant can be on-site within minutes. Both are air, land, and sea transportable.