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HawkGuard: IAI präsentiert neue Drohnenabwehr

IAI's HawkGuard signals a shift in counter-drone design away from kinetic interceptors toward active, likely electronic or directed-energy defeat mechanisms. For procurement professionals, this matters because it addresses the cost-per-engagement problem that plagues missile-based C-UAS: cheap drones versus expensive interceptors. If HawkGuard delivers scalable, multi-layered protection at lower marginal cost, it could reshape short-range air defense budgets, especially for fixed sites and maneuver forces facing loitering munitions and swarms. We expect competitors to accelerate non-kinetic offerings, pressuring pricing and forcing clearer doctrine on layered defense.