BAE Selects MARSS NiDAR as Command Centre for BATS
The agreement gives BAE an AI-driven control layer to fuse sensors and coordinate counter‑drone responses, signaling faster decision cycles and a push to scale in Europe.
Overview
- MARSS was formally chosen by BAE Systems on June 16 at the Eurosatory defence exhibition in Paris to supply its NiDAR command‑and‑control platform for BAE’s Anti Threat System (BATS).
- Under a long‑term deal MARSS will provide software licensing and technical support to BAE for BATS demonstrations and deployments.
- NiDAR is billed by MARSS as an AI‑enabled C2 ‘nerve centre’ that fuses radars, cameras and effectors into one operating picture to speed detection, classification and response from minutes to seconds.
- To support the work MARSS has opened a European headquarters in Nice and begun hiring to double its global AI team, keeping bases in the UK and Saudi Arabia and drawing on backing from parent group EOS.
- The move pairs a specialist SME with a tier‑one prime to deliver an integrated counter‑UAS product and could accelerate European procurement of layered short‑range air‑defence; MARSS’s deployment and performance claims remain company‑reported and not independently verified.