Mission reception
Accepts the assigned engagement from COMPOSITION and carries mission context into the launch sequence.
System 05 / 05Autonomous Interceptor
Intercept
THORNWALL
Autonomy that closes the engagement.
Mission role
The autonomous UAV that completes the mission.
Current phase
Development configuration
System intent
Built for its layer. Engineered for the whole mission.
THORNWALL is the final autonomous layer of the Unified Mechanics architecture. It is being designed to accept a mission from COMPOSITION, deploy from TANKARD, and maintain the onboard guidance, state estimation, and terminal control required to complete the intercept.
THORNWALL is an autonomous counter-UAS interceptor designed to receive the mission, launch from TANKARD, and close the terminal engagement through onboard guidance and a proximity blast-fragmentation defeat mechanism.
Public capability profile
The responsibilities that define THORNWALL.
Onboard autonomy
Combines guidance, state estimation, and terminal control onboard the interceptor throughout the final engagement.
Canister deployment
Designed as the interceptor element of the TANKARD protected-launch architecture.
Terminal effect
Intended to defeat the target through a proximity blast-fragmentation mechanism at the close of the intercept.
Controlled public release
Not shown
by design.
Configuration imagery is withheld while validation and release review continue.
Public system profile
System layerAutonomous terminal effect
Mission roleLaunch and close the intercept
Primary interfaceCOMPOSITION and TANKARD
Vehicle classAutonomous counter-UAS UAV
Release boundary
Airframe geometry, propulsion, guidance implementation, seeker configuration, performance, and terminal-effect details are withheld from public release.
The architecture