EnforceTac 26: ParaZero displays anti-drone net launcher

ParaZero DefendAir Personal Net Gun. (Janes/Amael Kotlarski)

Israeli company ParaZero Technologies Ltd presented its DefendAir Personal Net Gun at the EnforceTac 2026 defence exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany, held from 23 to 25 February.

The ‘gun' is not a true firearm, but consists of a 3D-printed body resembling a carbine, with a fixed-length stock, pistol grip, trigger, and trigger guard. The net gun is 750 mm long, 195 mm high, and 90 mm wide. It weighs 1.7 kg and can accept a single net cartridge. The gun is fitted with lengths of NATO accessory-type rails at the 6 and 12 o'clock positions for the mounting of foregrips and electro-optical sights.

The core of the DefendAir Personal Net Gun is the net cartridge, referred to as a ‘pod', the company told Janes. This pod is mounted at the muzzle end of the gun. Weighing 40 g, each pod contains a 5×5 m net (25 m² surface area). The net, which is constructed out of Nylon or Dyneema, is fitted with four weights to ensure that it wraps around the target unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Each pod contains a non-explosive launch mechanism based on car airbag inflation systems: these typically consist of an electrically fired inflator, which combines sodium azide (NaN3) with potassium nitrate (KNO3) to generate rapidly expanding nitrogen gas (N). This reaction launches the net, which achieves full deployment in under 1 second. The maximum effective range of the net is given at 35 m, and the system is capable of engaging medium-size fixed-wing UAVs or small quadcopter-type UAVs. A pod can be reloaded in under three seconds. Once correctly wrapped by the net, the rotors are immobilised and the UAV simply falls to the ground.