Defence Plasticity®
Defence Plasticity®
Our technology is “plastic” in the biological sense: our physical products can adapt to meet novel threats without requiring a return to a factory, base or dockyard for refitting or reprogramming. The Deep Truth® software can also be used to enhance the capabilities of existing legacy equipment that has outlived its manufacturer's upgrade options.
Quell's range of solutions includes anti-air, ground and maritime threat detection, and counter-surveillance and concealment technologies to protect military assets, civilian infrastructure and critical national infrastructure.
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Deep Truth®
The Deep Truth® AI platform powers our products. Deep Truth® is our proprietary AI framework, comprising a suite of server-side and client-side software. It includes a continuously expanding set of primary analytical functions, application logic and operator workflows.
At its core, Deep Truth® uses a deep neural architecture but does not rely on any single algorithmic approach. Instead, it is designed to scale and learn, enabling multiple machine learning methods to operate together.
Deep Truth® features unique, proven real-time decision-making capabilities across exceptionally diverse data types. For example, it can visually classify entomological species, detect subtle material defects, distinguish between various types of drones, and differentiate between biological and man-made flying objects. It can also recognise patterns of behaviour and analyse transmission signatures across packet data, audio and radio signals.
Deep Truth® can be purchased as a standalone software product or integrated into our hardware solutions. It is designed to address a wide range of complex, known problems while also learning new solutions to tackle previously unknown challenges.
SkySpyke®
The threat posed today by unmanned aerial and maritime systems is unprecedented, both in military and civilian contexts. Inherently inexpensive compared to conventional military equipment, drones possess a disturbing and versatile range of capabilities.
On land, at sea, or in the air, and with or without a controlling pilot, drones can remotely target and eliminate individuals and machines. Capable of operating in swarms with heavy payloads, they can launch relentless attacks, causing mass casualties or destroying critical infrastructure from great distances. What was once easily concealed on a battlefield is now easily detectable. Moreover, this new class of weapon systems can rapidly evolve — often within days — rendering countermeasures ineffective.
SkySpyke® is Quell's counter-unmanned aerial and surface close-in threat detection and neutralisation system. Built from first principles and informed by our Defence Plasticity® design philosophy, SkySpyke® is powered by Deep Truth® software. This gives it the unique ability to track, identify and neutralise evolving unmanned threats as they develop.
SkySpyke® fitted to an armoured 'Snatch' Land Rover
SkySpyke® and effectors fitted to a Ford Ranger Patrol Vehicle
Operating in real time and all weather conditions, SkySpyke® provides a passive, 360-degree optical view of its environment. It can function as a standalone unit or as part of a distributed network of cooperating units. SkySpyke® is mountable on vehicles, aircraft and maritime vessels. Uniquely, it can operate both statically and while in motion, requiring minimal operator training and offering flexible levels of human input.
Spyke®
Spyke™ is a handheld version of the full SkySpyke® system. It is designed to provide aerial coverage for a defined portion of the sky – ideal for small vehicles and mobile units for approach-corridor monitoring. Spyke™ offers portable, high resolution directional surveillance with an extended battery life, supporting long-duration dismounted operations.
A tactical handheld Spyke™ unit being tested in the field
Spyke Dazzler™
Spyke Damager™
Effector-Led Design with Target Intelligence
At the heart of Spyke Dazzler™ & Spyke Damager™ is a precision-engineered pan-tilt-laser unit, designed for the autonomous engagement of aerial threats. With advanced optics, motorised targeting and Al-driven precision, the systems track, prioritise and neutralise hostile drones with surgical accuracy — dazzling and disabling drone cameras, and destroying rotors and motors.
SkySpyke® and Spyke Dazzler™ fitted to an MRZR
Spyke Dazzler™ & Spyke Damager™ Key Features
- Autonomous tracking & engagement –
software-controlled PTL with pinpoint accuracy - 360° hemispheric coverage –
modular, expandable architecture - AI-assisted targeting –
prioritises weak points - Integrated safety –
hardware beam guards, engagement controls & failsafes - Laser-target integration –
calibrated delivery system with auto-focus
SkySpyke® - trials, testing and demonstrations
SkySpyke® and effectors fitted to an MRZR
MASC
MASC (Modern Automated Specialist Camouflage) is an Al-generated, organomorpic camouflage pattern generation and object detection software, powered by Deep Truth®.
Today, even the most advanced modern camouflage patterns still rely on the developers’ subjective selection of salient visual features, hues and colours found in the landscape they aim to mimic. The effectiveness of these camouflage patterns remains fundamentally dependent on human skills and human choices.
MASC, in contrast, provides an empirically measurable extraction and generalisation of the most relevant visual features in any given setting. A MASC user can select any terrain or urban scene and train the system to produce a wearable pattern using as little as a single image or a collection of photographs.
Patterns can be created for any scale of object that requires protection, from personnel to vehicles. MASC’s patterns can be generated instantly, in real-time, to match everything from highly localised positions to large scale environmental vistas, with options for user-selected seasons or daylight conditions.
Conversely, MASC is also learning to detect man-made camouflage patterns within a scene. It ingests live video and/or digital images to automatically highlight any entities wearing or covered in manufactured camouflage.
MASC generated organomorpic camouflage patterns
WiSAD
WiSAD (WiFi Signal Analysis Device) is a portable, electronic signal counter-surveillance system with multiple capabilities, designed to act as a sentry on the battlefield and as a lookout in the city.
WiSAD example use cases for urban (top) and battlefield (bottom) environments