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 fails against fibre-optic drones) and expensive missile interceptors.

On 31 March 2026, DroneShield signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate BLAZE into its DroneSentry-C2 command platform. The partnership gives Origin access to DroneShield's European military customer base and its A$1.2 billion EU pipeline, while adding physical intercept capability to DroneShield's existing sensor and jamming infrastructure. In late May and early June 2026, Latvia deployed mobile drone-intercept teams to its Russian border, equipping four-soldier 4x4 units with Origin Robotics and Eraser interceptors, backed by a border sound-sensor network — a deployment triggered by two UAVs crashing on Latvian soil on 7 May 2026, one striking an empty fuel depot .

Origin operates in a growing niche: kinetic counter-drone systems effective against fibre-optic-guided drones where electronic jamming fails. As Ukraine demonstrated, fibre-optic FPV drones carry no radio signal to disrupt, making kinetic intercept or directed energy the only viable countermeasures. Latvia's border deployment marks the first confirmed live operational use of Origin's technology on a NATO member state's frontier, shifting Origin from a development-stage company into an active operational supplier.