Ondas secures its third new contract this month
Perhaps it's because February is the shortest month of the year, but Ondas Inc. (ONDAS) has not been wasting any time ramping up its dealmaking over the past couple of weeks.
The company announced that it has received a multi-million order from a "major European customer" within the NATO region for its Iron Drone Raider counter-UAS system.
This marks the third contact that Ondas has secured so far this month.
The new contract "is focused on defending critical assets in complex civil environments," the company said.
It noted that unlike a radio frequency (RF) jamming device, which can "interfere with civil aviation frequencies, or ballistic interceptors that introduce high risk of collateral damage," the Iron Drone Raider "enables the safe neutralization of hostile drones in densely populated and strategically sensitive locations, making it particularly suited for airports and other high-value civil infrastructure."
"The rise in hostile drone activity has reshaped security requirements for airports and urban critical infrastructure," Ondas chairman and CEO Eric Brock said in a statement. "These regulated environments require counter-UAS systems that operate safely without disrupting communications or creating collateral risk."
In fact, the issue of combatting unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in regulated areas like airports just became a major point of controversy in the United States.
Last week, agents from the Customs and Border Protection deployed an anti-drone laser on loan from the Defense Department near the El Paso International Airport in Texas without first notifying the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that it was doing so. This led the FAA to immediately close the airspace in El Paso due to concerns about potential risks faced by commercial airlines.
According to Ondas, its Iron Drone Raider is designed to operate within these high-traffic airspaces.
"Airports and urban infrastructure represent a multi-billion-dollar global opportunity for civil-compliant solutions, and the successful deployment of Iron Drone Raider at a major European aviation hub demonstrates that autonomous precision interception is now operationally viable in live civil environments," Brock said.
Ondas subsidiaries take center stage
Ondas provides autonomous aerial and ground robot intelligence through its Ondas Autonomous Systems (OAS) business unit and private wireless solutions through its Ondas Networks unit.
"We believe Iron Drone Raider is one of only a few interceptor drone systems deployed operationally at a major European aviation hub," Oshri Lugassy, co-CEO of Ondas Autonomous Systems, added in a statement. "This milestone validates both the maturity of our technology and the strong market demand for civil-ready counter-UAS solutions."
Ondas notes that the latest contract is with the same European security agency that gave it an $8.2 million deal in November to deploy multiple Iron Drone Raider counter-UAS systems for the protection of one of the largest international airports in Europe. That deal was signed by its subsidiary Airobotics.
Airobotics also secured another strategic contract earlier this month with a governmental defense customer in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The agreement calls for the deployment of Ondas' autonomous unmanned aerial capabilities for national security missions.
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
Another Ondas subsidiary, 4M Defense, secured the company's other new contract this month, valued at over $30 million, for a large-scale multi-year smart demining program in Israel.
Smart demining uses advanced technology—AI, drones, and sophisticated sensors—to detect and clear landmines faster and safer than manual methods.
4M Defense will undertake one of the largest demining initiatives ever in Israel, covering about ~741 acres along the country's border with Syria.