Origin Robotics

Origin Robotics is a UK-based counter-drone technology company developing kinetic interceptor systems designed to physically destroy hostile drones. Its lead product, BLAZE, is a drone-on-drone kinetic interceptor that uses a launched projectile to physically defeat hostile UAS at close range, filling a gap between electronic jamming (which can be defeated by fibre-optic drones) and expensive missile interceptors.

On 31 March 2026, DroneShield signed a memorandum of understanding with Origin Robotics to integrate BLAZE into its DroneSentry-C2 command platform. The partnership marks a strategic shift for DroneShield from detection and electronic defeat into kinetic kill, layering physical intercept capability onto existing sensor and jamming infrastructure. For Origin Robotics, the integration provides access to DroneShield's European military customer base and its $1.2 billion EU pipeline.

Origin Robotics operates in a growing niche: kinetic counter-drone systems that are effective against fibre-optic-guided drones where electronic jamming fails. As Ukraine demonstrated, fibre-optic FPV drones cannot be jammed because they carry no radio signal to disrupt. Kinetic intercept or directed energy are the only effective countermeasures, making Origin's technology increasingly relevant to European militaries studying Ukrainian combat lessons.