Rheinmetall Air Defence AG and Silvus Technologies have signed an agreement to integrate passive radio-frequency (RF) sensors into Rheinmetall’s ground-based air defence systems. RFeye sensors will be added to the Skynex system and the Skymaster command and control platform.
The sensors can identify and locate aerial platforms without actively transmitting or exposing their own locations, adding a passive layer of threat detection.
Within Skymaster, RFeye will complement radar coverage and help operators maintain a more complete, continuous picture of the airspace and its electromagnetic environment.
Rheinmetall Air Defence CEO Roman Köhne said growing numbers of unmanned aircraft and hard-to-detect aerial technologies are making modern airspace more difficult to monitor. He said passive RF sensing in Skymaster would strengthen air defenders’ ability to respond to emerging aerial threats.
Peter Moss, director of strategic NATO accounts at Silvus Technologies, said the agreement reflects a shared commitment to resilient air defence for allied forces. He said combining RFeye with Rheinmetall’s air defence architecture would give operators greater situational awareness for quicker action and safer decisions.
