U.S. defense company L3Harris advanced to space in Miaoli today, demonstrating the Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO) system that combines artificial intelligence (AI), tactical communications, drones and anti-drone technology. The picture shows a schematic diagram. (Provided by L3Harris)
[Reporter Wu Zheyu/Miaoli Report] U.S. defense manufacturer L3Harris (L3Harris) advanced to space in Miaoli today (13th) and joined hands with a number of Taiwanese partner manufacturers to conduct tactical demonstrations to showcase the Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO) system that combines artificial intelligence (AI), tactical communications, drones and anti-drone technology. Among them, the battlefield command mobile cabin built by Jinbin Automobile and currently used in the National Army's "land system" was used on site, indicating that L3 Harris intends to use the existing equipment of the National Army as a basis to create an integrated battlefield command and decision-making system that can be purchased according to needs to compete for the Taiwan market.
L3 Harris's Joint All Domain Operations (JADO) system contains various combat software and integrates intelligence through Palantir's IA system. (Photo by reporter Wu Zheyu)
The JADO system displayed this time includes various application software such as Drone Guardian anti-drone. Through the Maven intelligent system provided by Palantir, it uses AI to collect intelligence and sensor data in real time, shortening the commander's reaction time from target discovery, decision-making to strike. In terms of communication, it combines Amazon Leo commercial satellite network and Link 16 tactical data link to provide cross-domain, multi-path battlefield connection capabilities.
L3 Harris collaborated with DataShapes AI to launch the "Wraith Shield" system, which transforms tactical radios carried by frontline soldiers into decentralized drone detection and jamming nodes. (Photo by reporter Wu Zheyu)
In the face of the drones that surround the modern battlefield, L3 Harris and DataShapes AI collaborated to launch the "Wraith Shield" system, which transforms the tactical radios carried by frontline soldiers into decentralized drone detection and jamming nodes. It can also be deployed in vehicles and command posts to form a multi-layered protection network. In the dynamic demonstration, a small UAV simulating an enemy force entered the system's range, then lost its ability to fly and fell to the ground.
L3 Harris pointed out that Wraith Shield is built on the "Wraith" high-speed frequency hopping tactical waveform of existing radios, which can maintain communication and radio frequency sensing capabilities in high-intensity electronic warfare environments; DataShapes AI analyzes the signals collected by each radio to create a real-time "electromagnetic environment map" to display enemy drone activities on soldier terminal devices. At present, the US military and allied forces have more than 100,000 sets of radios that support Wraith waveforms, and related capabilities can be introduced through software upgrades in the future.
The picture shows the electric vertical take-off and landing drone of smart innovative technology. (Photo by reporter Wu Zheyu)
In the attack demonstration, Smart Innovation Technology's electric vertical take-off and landing drones were responsible for large-scale battlefield surveillance at the rear. Frontline soldiers used small drones for reconnaissance and counterattack. Jinbin Automobile provided Humvees, drone communication vehicles and command vehicles. The battlefield information images are transmitted back to the command post in real time through the frontline lens. The command post then issues instructions to units at all levels and reaches the TAK system and tactical computers to establish a common battlefield image shared by upper and lower levels.
The picture shows the land mobile command module and vehicle provided by Jin Bin. The vehicle currently used by the Chinese army is the M1097A2 Humvee. (Photo: Official website of RAMIM Engineering Company in the United States, photographed and produced by reporter Wu Zheyu)
L3 Harris said that small FPV drones can be dealt with by Wraith Shield, while larger drones can be handled by systems such as VAMPIRE and Drone Guardian to form a multi-layered anti-drone defense.
Kevin Steubing, vice president of international sales and business development at L3 Harris, pointed out that this demonstration successfully integrated dozens of technologies from different fields into a single network to achieve continuous surveillance, early warning and cross-level firepower coordination, and strengthened Taiwan's overall defense resilience through military-civilian industrial cooperation.
