{"id":70701,"date":"2025-08-28T15:14:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/08\/28\/saab-develops-drone-killing-missile-in-scramble-for-low-cost-counters\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:26:32","slug":"saab-develops-drone-killing-missile-in-scramble-for-low-cost-counters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2025\/08\/28\/saab-develops-drone-killing-missile-in-scramble-for-low-cost-counters\/","title":{"rendered":"Saab develops drone-killing missile in scramble for low-cost counters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PARIS \u2014 Saab has announced a low-cost anti-drone missile dubbed Nimbrix, the latest effort in a scramble by defense firms and armed forces globally to develop hard-kill counters for the small flying drones that have become the main lethal threat on the battlefield in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Swedish company is in discussions with customers and aims for the first deliveries of the missile to counter unmanned aerial systems in 2026, it said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saab.com\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2025\/saab-reveals-new-counter-uas-missile-nimbrix\" rel=\"\"><u>statement<\/u><\/a> on Thursday. Saab plans to present the fire-and-forget missile at the DSEI UK show in London in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine kicked off a drone-innovation race, with both sides now deploying thousands of drones daily that often cost less than US$1,000 each. In response, companies and armed forces are racing to field cost-effective counter measures, from unguided rockets with fragmentation warheads to lasers, air-burst shells and radio-frequency weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNimbrix is our answer to the unmanned aerial threats which have escalated in the last few years,\u201d Stefan \u00d6berg, head of Saab\u2019s missile-systems business, said in the statement. \u201cIt is cost effective which is critical given the proliferation of UASs on the battlefield.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saab designed the missile to minimize costs, including through the use of additive manufacturing and low-cost commercial and military off-the-shelf parts, according to a presentation sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The missile being developed will include an infrared target seeker as well as a high-explosive fragmentation warhead that can be used in air-burst mode against drone swarms, with the goal for a range of up to 5 kilometers with an active seeker for target tracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drone swarms are an evolution of the UAS threat, with both Ukrainian and Russian forces increasingly deploying massed waves of drones to overwhelm enemy defenses. 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