SIOP and TACO have advanced from TRL 5 to TRL 7. ANRA is now inviting U.S. sensor makers, integrators and agencies to explore partnerships as federal counter-drone funding grows.
ANRA Technologies announced on October 27, 2026 continued progress in its counter-uncrewed aircraft systems (C-UAS) capabilities. The update follows ANRA’s participation in NATO Counter-UAS Technical Interoperability Exercises and the U.S. Army’s Driving Innovation in Realistic Training (DIRT) Days, a field experimentation program that evaluates emerging technologies in realistic military training environments.
Two products are at the center of the effort: the Single Integrated Operating Picture (SIOP) software and the Tactical Airspace and C-UAS Operations (TACO) system. Together, they combine drone detection with information about authorized airspace activity. According to ANRA, both have progressed from Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5 to TRL 7 through development and testing in defense and security environments.
“The next challenge in drone security is not simply seeing an aircraft; it is understanding who is operating, where they are flying and whether that activity is permitted,” said Amit Ganjoo, founder and chief executive of ANRA Technologies. “Our operational UTM experience, combined with the interoperability demonstrated by SIOP and TACO, provides a foundation for partners to build a more complete airspace picture without being locked into one sensor or one vendor.”
How ANRA counter-drone software uses UTM data
Traditional counter-drone systems focus primarily on detecting and tracking aircraft. By contrast, ANRA’s approach pairs sensor detections with available UTM information about authorized flights. As a result, security operators can assess whether a detected aircraft may belong to a legitimate commercial, public safety or government operation, and can prioritize anomalies instead of treating every drone as a threat.
SIOP is ANRA’s sensor-agnostic airspace awareness and command-and-control (C2) software. It correlates data from radar, passive radio frequency (RF) sensors, optical sensors, Remote ID and ADS-B with UTM information such as geozones and flight activity.
TACO packages SIOP into a rugged, modular, portable system housed in a Pelican iM2500 case. The system weighs 17 kilograms (37.5 pounds), deploys in under 15 minutes and has been tested with up to 10 simultaneously connected sensors and 100 tracked targets. According to the ANRA datasheet, sensor fusion latency is under one second, and the system maintains full functionality during communication outages and 80% performance during partial failures. TACO also supports fixed-site deployments at locations such as airports, ports and power plants.
NATO and U.S. Army interoperability testing
ANRA has participated in NATO C-UAS Technical Interoperability Exercises since 2023, as well as U.S. Army DIRT Days. These events tested integration and information exchange with a range of sensor and C2 systems using SAPIENT, an open architecture and interface standard. SIOP and TACO support SAPIENT along with ASTERIX and proprietary data interfaces. ANRA noted that the exercises demonstrate technical interoperability in test environments and do not constitute NATO certification or endorsement.
The C-UAS work draws on ANRA’s UTM operations, which support customers including Amazon Prime Air and the New York Power Authority. According to the company, its systems launch roughly one beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight every 10 seconds and support more than two dozen police departments. Earlier this month, ANRA also introduced VISTA, a receive-only application that shows operators nearby UTM traffic.
ANRA also noted that detection and identification alone do not establish legal authority to mitigate an aircraft.
U.S. partnership opportunities
On October 16, 2026, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced $250 million in funding through its fiscal 2027 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program to help states and territories strengthen counter-drone capabilities. In response, ANRA is inviting U.S. sensor manufacturers, defense and homeland security integrators, public safety technology companies, critical infrastructure operators and government agencies to explore joint demonstrations, integrations and teaming opportunities.
More information is available at ANRA Technologies.
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