Sentrycs

Sentrycs is a counter-unmanned-aircraft-system company originally developed in Israel, specialising in radio-frequency-based drone detection, identification, and defeat. Its system analyses radio signals between a drone and its operator to identify, track, and neutralise unauthorised aircraft without jamming GPS or disrupting other communications, making it suited to crowded civilian environments such as stadiums, airports, and border crossings. The company was acquired by Ondas Holdings (Nasdaq: ONDS) in 2026 as one of six drone-sector purchases Ondas made that year to build a vertically integrated autonomous-systems platform. In the same period Sentrycs was selected, alongside DroneShield, to provide counter-drone coverage for the 2026 FIFA World Cup , which had a total federal C-UAS budget of $250m spanning 11 host states .

The FIFA World Cup selection marks Sentrycs's emergence as a named vendor in US domestic security contracting. The company's RF-based approach differentiates it from electronic-warfare vendors (which can emit RF noise) and kinetic systems (which involve physical projectiles); its technique is often described as protocol-layer interception, reading the control signals rather than blinding them. This characteristic makes it compatible with environments where collateral disruption is unacceptable, including large spectator events and international summits.

Sentrycs represents the Israeli counter-drone technology sector's entry into the US federal procurement market via acquisition by a Nasdaq-listed vehicle. The World Cup deployment functions as a live operational reference that the company can use to pursue subsequent federal grants and programme-of-record awards from DHS, the Secret Service, and DoD. Its significance to Ondas Holdings is that it provides the defeat side of an autonomous-systems stack that Ondas is assembling through acquisitions across detection, defeat, and unmanned platforms.