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Unmanned Systems

With Software Add, L3Harris Turns Its Tactical Radios Into Counter-Drone Sensors And Effectors

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 13th, 2026

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With Software Add, L3Harris Turns Its Tactical Radios Into Counter-Drone Sensors And Effectors

Soldier holding an L3Harris Falcon IV compact team radio. Photo: L3Harris Technologies

L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Wednesday introduced an upgrade to an existing waveform used in its tactical radios that transforms them into a distributed network of radio frequency sensors and effectors to counter threats from small, low-cost drones. Wraith Shield, developed in partnership with DataShapes AI, will be offered as a software upgrade to the hundreds of thousands of soldier-worn Falcon 4 tactical radios currently in use with U.S., allied and partner forces at a cost in the single digit thousands…

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