The company "Mechanical Protection Systems" presented the combined protective and camouflage net "Darwin 3M" at the III All-Russian Gathering of Developers and Manufacturers of Unmanned Systems in St. Petersburg. The product is designed to protect people and equipment from UAV strikes.
"Darwin 3M" works on the principle of a trap: the net is placed at a distance of at least two meters from the protected object with medium tension and becomes the first line of defense. As a result, the kamikaze drone either gets stuck in the cells or detonates in the net without reaching the target. According to the creators, this is the world's first combined anti-drone protective and camouflage net. The product is already actively used. At the gathering, participants were shown its operation in action.
The main difference between "Darwin 3M" and the basic "Darwin" net is the Z-shaped cell, thanks to which, when a drone is detonated, neighboring cells shift and block the breach, reducing the size of the damage by up to 50% and maintaining the protective function even after a direct hit. If the first version of "Darwin" was a universal solution against drones, then "Darwin 3M" was created specifically to protect logistics routes and quickly engineer the equipment of positions from massive attacks by FPV drones.