Diehl Defence is exhibiting its Sky Sphere drone defence system at this year's Enforce Tac trade fair, which takes place in Nuremberg from February 24 to 26. The focus will be on the new eMissile CICADA, which is designed to defend against threats from class 1 and 2 drones and which is being presented under this name for the first time in Europe.
CICADA is an electrically driven missile that is supposed to be deployed in two versions with different payloads. In a non-lethal version, drones are to be neutralized by a catch net; in a lethal version, a fragmentation warhead is integrated as an effector.
The effector CICADA is part of the overall system Sky Sphere which covers the entire sensor to shooter chain. Due to the modular set-up, Sky Sphere can be completed customer-specifically either with company own components or with components from partner companies.
Diehl Defence is currently in discussions with potential customers for initial customer-specific integration projects and plans to have the system available on the market from 2026.
A model of CICADA is displayed on the Diehl Defence booth at Enforce Tac and will, in addition, be presented to industry experts on the “Enforce Tac TV” channel provided by the trade fair organizer.
Diehl Defence, a leading system house for ground-based air defence, guided missiles, ammunition and protection systems has been exhibiting at Enforce Tac for several years to a steadily growing extent. Besides Sky Sphere, a large number of ammunition products and protection systems will be on display at the Diehl Defence booth this year, among them the Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) "Ziesel". Another "Ziesel" will be demonstrated in its logistic version on the trade fair training ground, the "Enforce Tac Village". Furthermore, a "Ziesel" UGV is exhibited in a MedEvac version on the Meier Medizintechnik booth, Diehl Defence’s partner in this field.