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Ukrainian-American defence tech developer Swarmer has become a founding partner of Vectus Air Defense Systems<\/a>. The company, based in the US, will provide air defence services for critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swarmer<\/a> has received a 20% stake in the company and will work with it on developing counter-drone technology. This includes swarm-based drone interception technology, according to the press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vectus Air Defense Systems is headed by Erik Prince \u2013 founder of the private military company Blackwater, which was later renamed Academi. Vectus Air Defense Systems will develop and offer customers multi-layered air defence systems with a full service cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combat-proven technologies from the US, Ukraine, Israel and other allied countries are to be integrated into these systems. These include detection and electronic warfare assets, drone interceptors and large-calibre guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Swarmer grows revenue in Q2: company publishes financial report<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Erik Prince also holds the position of non-executive chairman of Swarmer’s board of directors. This became known ahead of the company’s IPO<\/a>, which took place in spring 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Combat-proven technologies from the US, Ukraine, Israel and other allied countries are to be integrated into the air defence systems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":99388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_featured_category_order":0,"_article_badge":"featured","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1631,194,1648,280],"class_list":["post-99392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecosystem","tag-air-defence","tag-ew","tag-interceptor-drones","tag-swarmer","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSwarmer and Blackwater founder launch air defence company<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ukrainian-American defence tech developer Swarmer has become a founding partner of Vectus Air Defense Systems. 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