600–800 m
Detection and tracking
C-UAS · Physical defeat · Land and naval platforms
Dron Kalkanı
The last 150 metres are ours.
Autonomous close-in counter-drone system
It begins where jamming ends. Two 12-gauge semi-automatic shotguns on a single autonomous robotic turret. Once activated it scans the sky, finds the target and engages — on its own.
150 m
Engagement range
0
Operators for engagement
12 GA
The world’s most common ammunition
From the field
Dron Kalkanı successfully completed its first field test
The first field test took place at the Boran-8 International Sniper Competition, observed by Lieutenant General Aykut Tanrıverdi, Deputy Commander of the Gendarmerie General Command, and delegations from Hungary and Belgium.
At the Boran-8 International Sniper Competition, held by the Gendarmerie General Command in Foça, İzmir on 14–17 October 2026 with participants from 19 friendly and allied countries, the vehicle-mounted Dron Kalkanı autonomously detected a representative target flown on a drone, took aim and scored a direct hit.
Turaç General Manager Fatih Altunbaş said the system reacts faster than the previous version and engages targets with ease, adding that the foreign delegations who saw it could not compare it with anything because they knew of nothing like it.
- Senior commanders and foreign delegations watched. Lieutenant General Tanrıverdi was briefed on the system at the stand; talks were held with the Belgian and Hungarian delegations with the aim of turning them into contracts.
- Faster reaction. The system engages targets faster than the previous version: the target is tracked from 600–800 metres and destroyed at 150 metres by the simultaneous fire of two 12-gauge shotguns.
- Timeline. The prototype will undergo new tests in November 2026; serial production is targeted for the end of the year.
- In the press. The field test was covered by Anadolu Agency, national newspapers, news sites and television channels.
The threat and the answer
The blind spot of electronic warfare
The lesson from Ukraine is clear: FPV and kamikaze drones costing a few hundred dollars are destroying million-dollar platforms and unprotected personnel.
A growing share of this threat cannot be jammed. Drones controlled over fibre-optic cable emit no radio frequency; drones flying autonomously on a pre-loaded route receive no command. Jamming is ineffective against both.
One option remains: physically destroying the target before it reaches its own.
Effect
Not a single round — a metal cloud
A small, fast, agile target is hard to hit with a single round. Dron Kalkanı solves that not by aiming better but by closing the target’s flight path.
Two barrels, one instant
Two Derya MAX 12-gauge semi-automatic shotguns fire simultaneously with Sterling magnum anti-drone ammunition. Two barrels double the density of the cloud.
It covers the flight path
A dense metal cloud forms ahead of the target. Instead of a point shot, the volume the target must cross is filled.
Cost = cartridges
The cost of an engagement is limited to the cartridges used. A cheap answer to a cheap threat.
Engagement chain
From detection to defeat, with no human in the loop
From the moment a drone appears on the horizon until it is defeated, the system runs five steps in sequence — all of them completed on the turret itself.
01 · Continuous
Scan
Electro-optical and acoustic sensors on the turret scan the sky continuously. Fully passive: no emission, no signature.
02 · 600–800 m
Detect
An approaching target is detected from this range and taken under uninterrupted track on the turret.
03 · Image + sound
Classify
Image and acoustic data are processed together; AI algorithms identify the target and compare it against the rules of engagement.
04 · Real time
Track
Algorithms trained for drone-versus-drone engagement anticipate sudden manoeuvres; the firing solution is generated on the turret.
05 · 150 m
Engage
When the pre-defined conditions are met both shotguns fire simultaneously. The metal cloud defeats the target.
In drone attacks decision time is measured in seconds. The time an operator needs to look at a screen, confirm the target and pull the trigger is usually longer than the time the threat needs to reach you. Dron Kalkanı removes that loop.
Where to start
What mission are you looking to cover?
Critical infrastructure
Where the watch is handed over
Autonomous protection at fixed sites where a continuous manned watch is not practical.
Read more →Convoys and unitsDefence on the move
Close-in defence against FPV and kamikaze drones targeting vehicles.
Read more →Commercial shippingProtection fixed to the deck
For bulk carriers and tankers that carry no air defence system.
Read more →Existing architectureComplementary, not competing
A layer that works with jammers and radars and can take the defeat role alone.
Read more →What sets it apart
Four decisions that define the system
Autonomous operation
Once activated, detection, tracking and firing are automatic. When the pre-defined engagement conditions are met, the system fires on its own. The same turret can also be run from a remote console when required.
Fully passive detection
Both the electro-optical and the acoustic sensors work passively. The system operates without a signature, and weight, power draw and cost on the turret all drop.
Processing on the turret
Detection, classification and the firing solution are produced on the turret itself, on embedded low-power processors. No separate computer cabinet is required.
Built to be added to an architecture
It works alongside jammers, radars and the other layers of an air defence architecture. It can be cued by networked target data and take on the defeat role alone.
Platforms
Light and compact — it goes where you go
The lighter the turret, the more platforms it fits. That is why the system can work on anything from a commercial pickup to the deck of a bulk carrier.
The turret scans its own sector while the crew stays under cover or inside the vehicle. Protection is provided without personnel in the threat area.
Consortium
Four companies, one technical university
Dron Kalkanı is not one company’s product. Four Turkish companies with proven records in ammunition, small arms, robotics and electro-optics developed it together with İTÜ Havacılık ve Uzay Teknolojileri Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (İTÜ ARC), the aerospace research centre of Istanbul Technical University.
Project lead
Turaç
Sterling-branded 12-gauge magnum anti-drone ammunition, produced in its own facilities.
Firing unit
Derya Arms
12-gauge semi-automatic Derya MAX shotguns.
Turret and sensor
Lasersan
The robotic turret and the imaging systems; one of the main technology partners in system integration.
Integration
Urban Savunma
Mechanical design and integration of the turret onto vehicles.
Artificial intelligence
İTÜ ARC
Tracking and engagement algorithms developed for drone-versus-drone combat.
1987
Turaç founded
200M+
Cartridges produced a year
60%
Of production exported
90+
Countries exported to
See it in person
See Dron Kalkanı in the field
Upcoming events
The next fair and field demonstration dates will be announced here. For demonstration requests please use the contact form.
Past events
Dron Kalkanı was shown for the first time at the 21st MÜSİAD EXPO on 23–26 September 2026 and successfully completed its first field test before senior commanders and foreign delegations at the Boran-8 International Sniper Competition in Foça on 14–17 October 2026. Past events · In the press
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