Derya MAX Selected as the Kinetic Gun for Drone Counter-UAS System

Derya Arms USA announced today that the company’s Derya MAX 12-gauge semi-automatic shotgun is the firearm used on Drone Kalkan? (“Drone Shield”), a close-range counter-unmanned aircraft system developed in Turkey for mini and micro drones, including FPV and fiber-optic-controlled aircraft that electronic jamming cannot stop.
Two Derya MAX shotguns are mounted side-by-side on a pan-tilt turret and fire together to put a metal cloud across the drone’s flight path. The MAX is manufactured by Derya Arms in Jacksonville, Florida, and is the anti-drone gun on the system.
Drone Kalkan? will be shown publicly for the first time at the 21st MÜS?AD EXPO, September 23–26, 2026, at the Istanbul Expo Center.
THE SYSTEM
Reporting from Anadolu Agency and Turkish defense outlets describes Drone Kalkan? as a compact, vehicle-mountable last-layer defense against cheap, fast aerial threats. Fiber-optic FPV drones keep flying when radio jammers, GPS spoofing, and other soft-kill tools fail. That is why the system is built around a physical shot, not a signal.
Published system details include the following: Read more

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