Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Honeywell and Odys Develop Laila VTOL Anti-drone Platform
Partners seek to boost military options for countering drone threats
Odys Aviation Leila uncrewed aircraft
Honeywell is integrating its Stationary and Mobile UAS Reveal and Intercept system with Odys Aviation's Leila uncrewed aircraft. © Odys Aviation

Honeywell is developing potential anti-drone defense applications for Odys Aviation’s uncrewed hybrid-electric Laila VTOL aircraft. In a March 31 announcement, the companies confirmed that they have been working for more than a year to prepare Honeywell’s Stationary and Mobile UAS Reveal and Intercept (SAMURAI) autonomous airborne platform for deployment on Laila.

According to the partners, the combination of SAMURAI and Laila would provide a new defensive layer between ground-based counter-uncrewed aircraft systems (C-UAS) sensors and sophisticated missile defense systems. They hope the new platform could reduce reliance on costly kinetic defense systems.