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Card 167 of 9982026-09-08 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-09-08

Counterfire Systems and the Quill Interceptor

counterfiresystems.com Observed source
Editorial interest 79/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A defense startup presents Quill, a proposed autonomous interceptor for defeating mass drone attacks.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-08 issue.

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Counterfire Systems describes Quill as a fixed-wing, quad-rotor VTOL interceptor intended to launch vertically, transition to wing-borne flight, and pursue targets under terminal guidance. Its proposed control loop fuses radar, RF, and EO/IR data, prioritises tracks autonomously, and leaves a human on the loop. The page says salvo launches answer saturation attacks with saturation, while the displayed endurance, speed, radius, ceiling, weight, guidance, and unit-cost fields remain TBD.

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