Supercar in the Sky: Stylish Interceptor Drone Appeared in Britain

The British London Defence R&D startup has presented a new interceptor drone called Baby Raptor.

It is an autonomous system with a futuristic design designed for massive and affordable protection against enemy UAVs, according to the Defence Blog.

The body shape resembles a combination of a spacecraft and a sports supercar.

The lightweight composite hull and streamlined lines reduce air resistance and increase maneuverability during high-speed interception.

Baby Raptor is fully autonomous: it takes off, detects and tracks targets without operator intervention.

A set of sensors – two daytime cameras, a thermal imager, inertial and auxiliary sensors – work in conjunction with artificial intelligence to automatically detect and capture targets.

According to the company, the drone can track objects moving at speeds over 250 km/h and neutralize them kinetically through a controlled physical collision without explosives.

This approach reduces risks to civilian objects and makes the system safer to use.

“When defense becomes too expensive, certain difficulties arise,” said Aytekin Guclu, founder of the startup, “Baby Raptor is an effective, affordable and scalable shield against drone threats.”

The Baby Raptor’s body is printed on HP industrial 3D printers, and a complete assembly takes less than an hour.

This makes it possible to quickly deploy local production and quickly restore stocks in the war zone.

Rheinmetall has recently expanded its production facility for the assembly, testing and production of warheads for HERO barrage drones at RWM Italia plants in Musei and Domusnovas (Sardegna).