Systems for air defense
An air-defense system's job is to detect, track and intercept aircraft, missiles or drones before they reach their target. The deciding specs are engagement range and altitude (the intercept envelope it covers), simultaneous-target capacity (resistance to saturation attack), and radar range (how much warning it gets). A system with a wide envelope but few simultaneous targets can still be overwhelmed by a mass drone attack.
131 matching systems in our database.
What matters for air defense
- ●Engagement range and altitude: the intercept envelope, meaning the airspace the system actually protects.
- ●Simultaneous targets: resistance to saturation attacks, increasingly decisive against drone swarms and missile salvos.
- ●Radar range: detection range sets how much warning and engagement time the system gets before impact.
- ●Guidance: semi-active or active radar homing, infrared, or command guidance determines effectiveness against different target types.
Air Defense systems in our database
Israel Aerospace Industries
Harpy
Naval Group
Amiral Ronarc'h-class Frigate (FDI)
KBP Instrument Design Bureau
Pantsir-S1
Navantia
Alvaro de Bazan class (F100)
Navantia
Bonifaz class (F110)
Fincantieri
Bergamini class (FREMM)
Fincantieri
Andrea Doria class (Horizon)
Diehl Defence
IRIS-T SLM
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
Iron Dome
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
Kolkata class
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace
NASAMS
Raytheon (RTX)
Patriot PAC-3
Almaz-Antey
S-300PMU2 Favorit
Almaz-Antey
S-400 Triumf
MBDA
SAMP/T (Aster 30)
BAE Systems
Type 26 City
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
Visakhapatnam class
Huntington Ingalls Industries
Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer
KBP Instrument Design Bureau
Pantsir-SM
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
Sejong the Great-class destroyer
Fincantieri
Thaon di Revel class (PPA)
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)
Type 054A
Babcock International Group
Type 31 Inspiration
BAE Systems
Type 45 Daring
United Shipbuilding Corporation
Admiral Gorshkov-class
Israel Aerospace Industries
Arrow 2
Israel Aerospace Industries
Arrow 3
Israel Aerospace Industries
Barak 8
Almaz-Antey
Buk-M3
Almaz-Antey
Buk-M2
Damen Naval
SIGMA 10514
Hanwha Ocean (formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering)
Daegu-class frigate
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
David's Sling
Damen Naval
De Zeven Provincien class
ST Engineering Land Systems
Formidable-class
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation
HQ-16
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation
HQ-9
United Shipbuilding Corporation
Kirov-class
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
Nilgiri class
Almaz-Antey
9K33 Osa
Raytheon (RTX)
Patriot PAC-2
Raytheon (RTX)
Patriot GEM-T
Almaz-Antey
S-300V4
Almaz-Antey
S-350 Vityaz
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
Shivalik class
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
SPYDER
Lockheed Martin
THAAD
Almaz-Antey
Tor-M2
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)
Type 052D
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)
Type 055
BAE Systems
Type 23 Duke
Naval Group
FREMM (Aquitaine class)
BAE Systems Australia
Hunter-class
Diehl Defence
IRIS-T SLS
STM (Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik)
Istif-class
Israel Shipyards
Sa'ar 6
KBM (Kolomna Machine-Building Design Bureau)
9K35 Strela-10
MBDA
VL MICA
Odense Steel Shipyard
Absalon-class
Raytheon (RTX)
AGM-88 HARM
Defence Research and Development Organisation
Akash-NG
MBDA
Aster 30 Block 1NT
MBDA
Land Ceptor (CAMM)
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
C-Dome
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer
Raytheon (RTX)
FIM-92 Stinger
Naval Group
Horizon class
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation
HQ-7
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
Incheon-class Frigate
Odense Steel Shipyard
Iver Huitfeldt-class
LIG Nex1
Cheongung II (KM-SAM Block II)
Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU)
Maya-class
Raytheon (RTX)
RIM-116 RAM
Almaz-Antey
S-500 Prometheus
Israel Shipyards
Sa'ar 5
National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology
Sky Bow III
United Shipbuilding Corporation
Slava-class
Rauma Marine Constructions
Pohjanmaa-class (Squadron 2020)
United Shipbuilding Corporation
Steregushchiy-class
Huntington Ingalls Industries
Ticonderoga-class Cruiser
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)
Type 054B
KNDS
Gepard
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation
HQ-22
Hanwha Aerospace
K30 Biho
Raytheon (RTX)
SM-6
Raytheon (RTX)
SM-3 Block IIA
KBM (Kolomna Machine-Building Design Bureau)
9K38 Igla
Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa
Grom
Aselsan
HISAR-A+
Aselsan
HISAR-O
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation
HQ-19
Thales Group
Martlet (LMM)
Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa
Miecznik
MBDA
Mistral 3
Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa
Piorun
MBDA
Sea Viper (Aster 30)
Aselsan
SİPER
Denel Aviation
Umkhonto
Bharat Dynamics Limited
Akash
MBDA
CAMM-ER
Diehl Defence
IDAS
Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV)
Kh-31
Iran Electronics Industries
Misagh-2
Saab AB
RBS 70
Raytheon (RTX)
SM-2 (Standard Missile-2)
Iran Aerospace Industries Organization
15th Khordad
Iran Aerospace Industries Organization
Arman
Iran Aerospace Industries Organization
Azarakhsh
Iran Aerospace Industries Organization
Khordad-3
Naval Group
La Fayette class
MBDA
Sky Sabre
Rheinmetall
Skynex
Thales Group
Starstreak
Israel Aerospace Industries
Barak LR
Israel Aerospace Industries
Barak MX
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
Iron Beam
LIG Nex1
L-SAM
Iran Aerospace Industries Organization
Bavar-373
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
Drone Dome
LIG Nex1
K-SAAM (Haegung)
Wild Hornets
STING
Anduril Industries
Roadrunner-M
Fire Point
Freya
Anduril Industries
Anvil
Israel Aerospace Industries
Arrow 4
Northrop Grumman
Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2)
Roketsan
Levent
Anduril Industries
Spyglass
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation
HQ-29
AeroVironment
LOCUST Laser Weapon System
Lockheed Martin
MORFIUS X-Rotor
Frequently asked questions
- What is the most important spec for air-defense systems today?
- Simultaneous-target capacity is increasingly decisive. Modern threats include drone swarms and missile salvos, and a system with a long engagement range but a low simultaneous-target count can still be saturated and overwhelmed.
- How is engagement range different from radar range?
- Radar range is how far the system can detect a target; engagement range is how far it can actually intercept one. Detection with no matching intercept range just buys warning time, not a kill.