Greenjets
UK SME awarded LCADE funding to develop a low-cost drone interceptor.
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Timeline for Greenjets
Won a share of Britain's £3.16m LCADE award
Drones: Industry & Defence: Britain awards first LEAP effector moneyWhat is Greenjets?
Who runs Greenjets?
How much funding did Greenjets receive?
Background
Greenjets is one of three UK small and medium sized firms named on 13 July 2026 as first recipients of funding under LCADE, the UK's national slice of the five nation LEAP low-cost interceptor programme. Its chief executive, Anmol Manohar, said the firm was proud to demonstrate the role British businesses can play in strengthening national defence capability quickly.
LCADE, short for Low-Cost Air Defence Effectors, is delivered by the UK Ministry of Defence's National Armaments Director Group and shares a combined GBP 3.16 million across Greenjets, Frankenberg Technologies and Cambridge Aerospace. Each awardee is developing and trialling a low-cost interceptor intended to counter drones and other airborne threats, with demonstration trials expected later in 2026.
The award makes the UK the first of the five LEAP partner nations (alongside France, Germany, Italy and Poland) to place contracts under the programme. Beyond the interceptor itself, the specifics of Greenjets' design remain undisclosed, so this record stays factual and modest pending further detail.