Sentrycs has just supercharged Rafael’s Drone Dome system with its  Cyber over RF technology, creating a leap forward in counter-UAS defense capabilities. This integration equips the platform with the ability to instantly recognize and neutralize hostile drones by analyzing their communication protocols in real time—without any need for jamming or kinetic force.

Rafael’s Drone Dome is already a battle-hardened modular system deployed across dozens of countries, offering 360° all-weather protection with radar, RF sensors, electro-optical cameras, and jamming tools coordinated via a centralized command and control hub. Now, with Sentrycs’ protocol-based overlay, it gains a new dimension of intelligence. The system can distinguish between authorized and unauthorized drones, minimize false positives, precisely locate both drone and operator, and even identify frequency-hopping communication tactics.

What sets this solution apart is its protocol-manipulation approach: the technology interacts directly with the drone’s control signals, triggering real-time identification and tracking as soon as a transmission occurs. That means detection isn't a separate step—it’s embedded in the response itself. Without relying on preloaded signal libraries, it adapts dynamically to emerging drone types, including custom or modified UAVs.

Once an unauthorized drone is recognized, the system can safely assume control, guiding the drone to a designated landing zone without jamming nearby systems or disrupting friendly aerial operations. This minimally invasive interception preserves nearby communications integrity and avoids collateral interference, offering a lawful and precise neutralization method.

Sentrycs’ Vice President of Business Development praised the collaboration, highlighting how this integration elevates precision, safety, and operational effectiveness in confronting evolving drone threats. Rafael’s leadership in counter-UAS, meanwhile, emphasized that the system’s open architecture and iterative development design make it ideal for feature enhancements like this. They noted how working with Sentrycs significantly boosts Drone Dome’s resilience and performance.

Already deployed at military installations, critical infrastructure sites, border zones, and law enforcement facilities in over 20 countries, Drone Dome with Cyber over RF is emerging as a gold standard in C‑UAS security architecture. For operators, it means fewer false alarms, smarter rules of engagement, and better protection for authorized drones and systems nearby.

This enhanced system doesn’t just detect better—it responds smarter. It's a major upgrade from traditional layered approaches that treat detection, classification, and mitigation as sequential steps. Instead, Sentrycs merges detection and mitigation into one unified protocol-level process that starts the moment a drone signal appears.

For facilities that face high-risk aerial threats, or those that need to operate in congested electromagnetic environments, this marks a pivotal shift in drone defense. The integration sets an example of how software-defined countermeasures can enhance airspace security while reducing complexity for operators. As drone threats continue evolving, this modular enhancement positions Rafael’s Drone Dome at the forefront of adaptable, lawful, and interference-conscious drone defense.

Ultimately, this isn’t just a technological update—it’s a strategic leap toward airspace control that’s smarter, safer, and more surgical than anything that came before. By turning radio-frequency communication vulnerabilities into control vectors, it flips the C‑UAS playbook from reactive to proactive.

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