RWS UDD Ammunition – Another Drone Defense Solution by BDT

At Enforce Tac in Nuremberg, Germany, RWS Ammunition introduced a new drone defense option, the Urban Drone Defence (UDD) ammunition meant to offer an anti-UAS solution deployable with 7.62x51mm NATO automatic firearms. The round, offered in 2 versions, employs range-limited plastic projectiles, allowing worry-free discharge in urban environments.

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Here below you can find the full press release:

“Nuremberg, February 24, 2025

NEW: RWS Ammunition URBAN DRONE DEFENCE (UDD):

Effective Drone Defence in Urban Areas

Current world events underline the growing threat posed by modern drone systems.

This makes it increasingly important to have adequate means of rapid and effective

defence against smaller drones. Public events or targets in densely populated urban

areas are particularly difficult to protect due to the high risk of collateral damage. The

aim here is to eliminate the threat as quickly as possible and minimise the

background danger. The German Fuerth-based ammunition manufacturer RWS has

developed a solution for precisely this purpose, which it will be presenting for the

first time at this year’s Enforce Tac exhibition in Nuremberg: Urban Drone Defence

(UDD).

In a world in which both civilian and military drones represent a constantly growing and very

real threat, RWS offers a unique solution for neutralising DIY UAVs and commercial drones

in urban areas with its new ‘Urban Drone Defence’ (UDD) ammunition, while at the same

time minimising background and personal hazards – even in densely populated areas. This

special short-range ammunition with polymer projectile has been developed for 7.62 x 51

calibre machine guns with high cadence and offers precision and reliability for effective

action against small UAVs (drones).

UDD provides fast and cost-efficient defence to protect infrastructure, military installations

or public safety. With its lightweight but robust design, this advanced ammunition has been

conceived for optimum performance in a wide range of drone defence applications. Thanks

to the targeted use of low-emission components, such as the patented SINTOX primer, it

also offers the user a reduction in pollution to an absolute minimum.

The innovative product solution offers two variants in 7.62 x 51 calibre for different

application scenarios:

• UDD LIGHT (with blue-coloured polymer bullet, 1.0g / 15 gr), particularly suitable for

shorter distances of up to 100m in densely populated inner-city areas,

• UDD HEAVY (with grey-coloured polymer bullet, ≤ 3.0g / 46 gr), particularly suitable for

medium distances of up to 300m for defending suburban or rural areas, for example

The most important UDD features at a glance:

• Effective and cost-efficient solution against smaller commercial drones
• Lightweight polymer projectile, optimised for operations in cities, urban areas and public

areas with a high risk of collateral damage

• Reduced background risk: reduction of the danger zone by approx. 80% compared to

conventional 7.62 x 51 calibre ammunition (UDD Light)

• Reliable function in externally powered machine guns with high cadence
• Minimal exposure to harmful substances for users: reduced pollutants and REACh-

compliant

• X-ray detectable projectile”

More data is available on the product page.

This release shows that the Beretta Defense Technologies Group is committed to finding solutions to counteract the emerging threats of the battlefield. Where Benelli and Norma aim at protecting the individual soldier, with a portable solution, the RWS offering is focused on vehicle protection, given that the ammunition requires externally powered firearms (e.g. minigun).

What other drone-killing options do you, TFB readers, expect to see in the months to come?