CoVar Showcases BullsEye Counter-Drone System at U.S. Army Warden 2026 Demonstration
CoVar demonstrated its BullsEye counter-UAS technology at the U.S. Army's Warden 2026 exercise, proving that existing Android devices — including military-grade Nett Warrior units — can detect, track, and geolocate small drone threats without additional hardware, with target data feeding directly into the ATAK battlefield awareness platform.
Highlights
- CoVar's BullsEye counter-UAS system was validated at the U.S. Army's two-week Warden 2026 demonstration exercise, successfully detecting, tracking, and geolocating small drone threats.
- BullsEye operates entirely on existing Android and military-grade devices such as Nett Warrior, requiring zero dedicated AI/ML hardware or additional equipment.
- The system integrates directly with ATAK, feeding real-time drone location data into the military's standard battlefield situational awareness platform.
- In networked mode, multiple BullsEye-enabled devices use multilateration to compute absolute geolocation coordinates and build a shared common operating picture (COP).
- The zero-additional-hardware design significantly reduces logistical burden for front-line troops performing counter-drone detection missions.
CoVar Showcases BullsEye Counter-Drone Capability at U.S. Army Warden 2026
CoVar has announced that its BullsEye counter-drone technology was successfully demonstrated at the U.S. Army's Warden 2026 exercise, showcasing the ability to detect, track, and geolocate unmanned aerial system (UAS) threats using Android devices already fielded by the military.
Two-Week Demonstration Validates Operational Capability
Over the course of the two-week exercise, BullsEye successfully detected, tracked, and geolocated small UAS (sUAS) threats. The system can operate as a standalone solution on a single device or function as a networked team across multiple devices, pushing target data directly into ATAK (Android Tactical Assault Kit). During the demonstration, CoVar was responsible for the detection mission, relying entirely on passive sensing through the built-in RGB cameras of Android devices.
No Additional Hardware Required
CoVar stated: "BullsEye transforms commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Android devices — as well as ruggedized military variants such as Nett Warrior — into multi-function sensing and communications payloads. It runs entirely on the device's native hardware, including the camera, microphone, inertial measurement unit (IMU), onboard compute, and communications modules. There is no need to procure, integrate, maintain, or carry any dedicated AI/ML hardware, and BullsEye can be configured for any mission requiring object detection and identification."
Standalone and Networked Dual-Mode Operation
At Warden 2026, CoVar demonstrated BullsEye operating both as a standalone system and as a collaborative multi-device network. A single device provides the operator with relative bearing and tracking information on detected drones, displayed directly on the handheld device or within the ATAK interface. When multiple devices are networked together, the system uses multilateration to compute absolute geolocation coordinates, pushing positional data into ATAK so that all connected devices contribute to a real-time common operating picture (COP) of the threat.
The core advantage of the technology lies in its zero-additional-hardware design philosophy. Front-line troops no longer need to carry bulky, dedicated counter-UAS equipment; the smartphones and tablets already in their hands are sufficient to perform drone detection missions. This significantly reduces the logistical burden and lowers the threshold for rapid deployment.
Image credit: CoVar
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