CORVUS-RAVEN™ passively detects signals associated with potential drone threats and provides bearing information to improve operator situational awareness. Mounted directly on the ARX platform, the capability demonstrated how a remotely controlled uncrewed ground vehicle could carry the sensor into forward areas and share threat information with operators elsewhere in the battlespace.
“Our collaboration with ARX Robotics UK demonstrated the value of combining proven mission capabilities with innovative robotic technologies from across the defense ecosystem,” said Nicky Tabram, Managing Director, Global Spectrum Superiority UK, L3Harris. “By mounting CORVUS-RAVEN on a remotely controlled uncrewed ground vehicle, we explored how operators could extend passive sensing into forward or hazardous areas, enhance situational awareness and reduce personnel exposure.”
The integration brought together two complementary technologies: an adaptable counter-drone capability designed to provide passive detection and situational awareness with a modular robotic platform capable of transporting mission payloads.
“Project Convergence has allowed us to demonstrate how uncrewed ground systems can extend the reach of specialist capabilities without extending the risk to personnel,” said David Roberts, CEO, ARX Robotics UK. “Integrating the CORVUS-RAVEN with the GEREON, we show how passive and active electronic warfare can be moved closer to the threat while keeping operators at a safer distance. This is exactly the role we see for modular ground robotics: carrying mission-critical technologies where they are needed, while keeping people farther from the threat.”
Extending Counter-Drone Awareness Through Robotic Mobility
Small uncrewed aircraft can approach from multiple directions, operate at low altitude and present a threat across wide areas. Countering those threats requires sensors that can be positioned where they are needed and adapted as the operational environment changes.
Integrating CORVUS-RAVEN onto a remotely controlled uncrewed ground vehicle offers a potential way to move passive sensing closer to likely threat approaches, reposition the capability as mission requirements evolve and extend situational awareness without requiring an operator to remain beside the equipment.
The effort also demonstrated the flexibility of the CORVUS-RAVEN system. Built on open architecture, the capability can generate TAK-compatible messages and support integration with command-and-control and battle-management applications, allowing threat-bearing information to contribute to a shared geospatial operating picture.
CORVUS-RAVEN can also provide an integrated electronic defeat capability without requiring a separate external system.
Accelerating Innovation Through Partnership
Project Convergence-Capstone 6 reinforced the value of collaboration between established defense companies and emerging technology providers.
The L3Harris-ARX demonstration showed how modular hardware and open architectures can reduce integration barriers and enable complementary technologies to be combined more quickly. It also provided insight into how counter-drone and uncrewed ground systems could work together to support dispersed formations and future operational concepts.
Further, the demonstration highlighted how adaptable technologies and collaborative development approaches can accelerate the evaluation of new capabilities and reduce the time required to respond to changing operational needs.
For L3Harris, the collaboration reflects a continued commitment to working with innovative partners to develop mission-focused solutions that address evolving customer requirements. Lessons from Project Convergence-Capstone 6 will help inform future development and identify additional opportunities to integrate counter-drone capabilities with robotic systems across a range of missions.
