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French defence tech company Alta Ares has won six of the 16 lots in a NATO framework contract for the supply of counter-uncrewed aircraft systems, the best result among all participants, Interfax-Ukraine reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NATO has added Alta Ares\u2019 counter-drone systems to its Drone Edge Marketplace catalogue. Alliance countries can order them without separate tenders. The framework agreement covers both purchasing and renting equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamie O\u2019Connor-Delbert, Alta Ares\u2019s director for engagement with the EU, NATO<\/a> and Eastern European countries, said the company\u2019s own developments helped it during the NCIA evaluation: GAMMA ISTAR, Pixel Lock and CYCLOPS C2. According to him, they were built and trained, among other things, on data from the Ukrainian battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alta Ares CEO and co-founder Adrian Canter described the company\u2019s system as a package combining artificial intelligence, sensors, control tools and interceptors. It is designed to counter strike UAVs of the Shahed type and loitering munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Ukraine, Alta Ares<\/a> works with many domestic manufacturers and has a local software development office. One of its production workshops, where the company makes its own drones, is also located here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of August 2026, about 20 engineers worked<\/a> in the Ukrainian office, and Alta Ares planned to triple the local team by the end of 2026. The company intended to direct<\/a> a fifth of the \u20ac50 million investment round it raised in the spring to developing the office, operations and scaling up production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read more:<\/strong> \u20ac10m investment in Ukraine, cooperation with Fire Point and a cruise missile interceptor. An interview with Alta Ares CEO Hadrien Canter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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