Thales Group

RapidRanger

Vehicle-mounted automated short-range air defense system carrying four ready-to-fire Starstreak or Martlet missiles, supplied to Ukraine and NATO allies for counter-drone and counter-aircraft defense.

Compiled from public sources ·primary reference ↗ ·last verified 2026-07-04

Procurement snapshot

Availability & export

UK export-licensed

Subject to UK SPIRE licensing (ECJU); generally available to allied states.

Channel: Government-to-government or direct

Fielded & proven

Operator data not public

Status: active.

Lifecycle cost (est.)

No public unit price to model from.

Interoperability

No standardised NATO calibre / datalink detected in public specs.

Derived guidance from public data, export regime by country of origin, lifecycle from the GAO ~30% acquisition rule. Verify eligibility, pricing and offsets with the manufacturer and your acquisition authority.

Full specifications

Specifications compiled from public Thales Group and reference sources ↗. Published defense figures are approximations, treat comparisons as directional. Last verified 2026-07-04.