IMPACT DRONES (YC S26). Air Defense as a Service.
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ADaaS is needed, we need to push harder.
A series of attacks across Saudi Arabia is currently underway, with the Saudi military saying it’s intercepting missiles over the country.
The cities of Dammam, Dhahran, and Haradh were among those targeted.
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Drones are too cheap to ignore.
So we built something you'd walk right past.
Until the lights come on.
This is the IMPACT launch system.
WEAVER. HUNTER. SABLE.
One container. Any interceptor.
Air defense, as a service.
While everyone focuses on flashy new interceptors, we’re building the infrastructure around them: Air Defense as a Service tailored to each site. Critical infrastructure will need this sooner than most people think.
B2B air defense, sold as a service.
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people love B2B Air Defense.
also known as Air Defense as a service!!
DEMO DAY was such a success.
Trust me: ADaaS will be everywhere. No prime or neo-prime can stop it.
Drones are simply too cheap for government-run air defense alone to counter at scale.
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Zelensky just became unleashed.
He finally accepted the reality of this war: no one is coming to rescue Ukraine. Global politics were never designed to support his people. It’s all on him.
Watch what happens next. The battlefield is about to change.
“For now, the skies over Russia are for drones—not civilian aviation.”
Godspeed #Ukraine
Ukraine is a country of peace. And we truly respect the fact that our partners want to help bring this war to an end. We support every such effort. When the Americans asked us to pause strikes on Moscow and St. Petersburg on August 25, 26, and 27, we observed that pause. There were no strikes on Russia, while strikes on Ukraine continued. When another global power asked us to pause strikes in the direction of Vladivostok for a specified period of time, we agreed to ensure that as well. New meetings in Moscow are now being prepared, and we will take that into account.
We always support every step toward peace – every step to prevent Russia from making this war endless. The war needs to end, and leaders are right to tell Putin this. So, for the sake of diplomacy and negotiations, whenever our partners approach us about this, we will ensure that Russian skies are cleared of drones for specified periods of time and along specified routes. Safety will return to Russia’s skies when there is real movement toward peace. For now, the skies over Russia are for drones – not for civilian aviation.
Air Defense as a Service!!
San Francisco startup says it built a jet-speed drone interceptor prototype in just two weeks. It's meant to shoot down hostile drones threatening data centers, airports, and power grids.
More details: defence-blog.com/san-francis…
We built a high-speed jet interceptor in two weeks. Meet the first SABLE prototype.
As incoming drones become cheaper and faster, air defense needs to catch up.
SABLE and HUNTER are the cornerstones of our Air Defense as a Service (ADaaS) offering, built to protect critical infrastructure.
@ycombinator teaches us to “build something people want.” We build something people need.
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35 years ago today, the people of Ukraine voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union. Against the odds, this remarkable country has refused to bow to Russian tyranny - showing incredible resilience, ingenuity, and bravery despite Putin's best attempts to crush it. Happy Independence Day!
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Equipped with jet engines reaching up to 600 kph, Russia’s escalating deployment of jet-powered Shahed-type drones is outpacing conventional air defenses. To maintain cost-effective protection, Ukraine is rapidly deploying its own high-speed, turbojet-powered interceptors to counter the evolving threat.
kyivindependent.com/arms-rac…
Next week you will see the real SABLE prototype.
Drones are already hitting data centers, refineries and airports. Defenses have to be on site before the attack, not after.
Our turbine interceptor, stored sealed at the site it protects, launched autonomously the moment a threat is detected.
Air Defense as a Service. Ready on demand.
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Going from Starlink to Viasat on a long-haul flight feels like going back to the Middle Ages.
Sent with viasat, if it sends.
AIR DEFENSE AS A SERVICE.
In March, drones took three AWS data centers offline in the Middle East and a dozen core cloud services with them. Amazon lost 200 million USD in one day.
We build the box that stops it.
Containerized cells of autonomous interceptors, parked next to anything you need to keep running. It detects the drone, launches, and physically removes it. Not jamming.
A Patriot missile costs over 1m USD to kill a 30k USD drone. That math never scaled to civilian sites. Ours does.
Introducing @impactdrones, @ycombinator S26. Air defense as a service for critical civilian infrastructure.