A partner air base accepted Bastion’s layered defense starter kit in October 2025—Sentinel AESA for the wider air picture and NetGuard for the last kilometers against small UAS.
The partnership included training for blue-force drone corridors so base UAS schools would not jam themselves. Bastion called it “protect the runway and the people who keep it open.”
Integration work tied LinkGrid shelters into the base TOC. Effector cueing remained open so the customer could keep national guns and missiles.
The kit is now a standard Bastion proposal slide for airfield and depot customers alike.
Source note. Figures cited above come from public
manufacturer product cards, open program documentation, and widely
reported official characteristics. Exact values can vary by
variant, software load, and national configuration.