Air and Space Force relied on Indra’s anti-drone system, Crow at the NATO summit

The recent NATO Summit turned Madrid into one of the best-protected cities on the planet. We now know that the Air and Space Force relied on a state-of-the-art Indra system to protect the landings of the Heads of State and Government on their arrival at Torrejón de Ardoz air base.

The Air and Space Force Deployment Support Squadron (EADA) was tasked with performing this delicate mission with the aid of Indra’s Crow system, a latest generation solution capable of detecting small drones several kilometers away and neutralizing them.

This was the secret weapon that the unit relied on to ensure the security of US President Joe Biden’s Air Force One and 100 other aircraft carrying almost 30 delegations.

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the level of security had to be tightened and the Crow system was integrated into a powerful defence deployment that included the use of anti-aircraft artillery and F18 and Eurofighter aircraft.

Indra’s system controlled one of the critical points in this deployment, namely the moment at which the aircraft approached the runways, when they were more vulnerable due to flying low and at a lower speed. It was also responsible for shielding the entire perimeter of the airbase, which covers 45 hectares, an area equivalent to about 90 soccer fields.