VARDE is built in the Nordics
to protect forces anywhere in the world
The sky has changed. Drones are cheap, numerous and relentless, and defending against them with missiles built for aircraft is a battle no budget can win.
VARDE is SCATA’s answer: a mobile, networked air-defence node built on our proven armoured vehicles. It detects, decides and engages across a layered set of effectors, starting with the cheapest option that will do the job.
Deploy several VARDE nodes together and they form one shared shield over troops, convoys and critical sites. Every node sees what the others see, any node can engage, and the network keeps fighting if one is lost.
Cheap threats deserve a smarter answer.
Tactical scenarios

Convoy
/ manoeuvre
escort

Forward-line
/ contact
defence

High-value
/ strategic
site protection

Distributed
area
defence

Silent
watch

The swarm
attack

The gap, closed
Doctrine
Doctrine & tactical
manoeuvres

01 Shoot
and scoot

02 Sensor-shooter
separation

03 Silent
watch

04 Distributed
area defence

05 Manoeuvre
escort

Battlefield-proven
differentiators
01
Operational
True depth
02
Technology
Sensor-shooter
separation
03
Industrial
Built from
what works
04
Economic
The tiered cost ladder
05
Strategic
Two hulls, one system
06
Operational
Shoot-and-scoot
survivability
