Wrap Technologies unveils drone counter-UAS R&D program

Wrap Technologies (WRAP) announced a research and development initiative to adapt the Company’s BolaWrap 150 technology into the counter-unmanned aircraft systems market. The first concept in this initiative-Wrap-Merlin 1-is a modular, drone-mounted payload designed to entangle and neutralize hostile drones mid-flight without the prohibitive costs of missiles or single-use interceptors. Wrap-Merlin 1 mounts one to six BolaWrap 150 cassettes onto an FPV drone platform, integrated with a remote deployment mechanism and first-person-view targeting system. This configuration allows FPV pilots to locate, engage, and disable hostile drones mid-flight using a lightweight, multi-engagement payload, designed to provide a decisive, low-cost multi-engagement intercept option in environments where UAS threats are increasingly common.