Ondas Unit Prices Portable Counter-Drone System at $99,000 for FEMA Buyers
Sentrycs, an Ondas company, is offering its portable Ranger counter-drone system for $99,000 with three years of maintenance as state agencies gain federal funding for detection and mitigation equipment.
Sentrycs has set a $99,000 fixed price for its portable Ranger counter-drone package, including three years of maintenance, as state and local agencies gain access to federal money for detecting and responding to unauthorized drones.
The company, which is owned by Ondas, says Ranger can detect, track, identify and mitigate drones using passive radio-frequency sensing and protocol manipulation. The portable product was previously called Scout and appears on the Safer Skies authorized systems list under the Horizon name, according to Sentrycs.
The price is the most concrete commercial detail in the announcement. A fixed package can make budgeting easier for police and public-safety agencies, especially when procurement includes long-term support costs. It could also allow agencies to deploy more units across teams instead of concentrating their funding in a single large installation.
Federal grant rules create an opening, but not a guaranteed order pipeline. FEMA guidance permits eligible state, local, tribal and territorial recipients to buy equipment or services for detecting, tracking or identifying drones, subject to their legal authority and applicable procurement rules. Sentrycs said agencies considering Ranger should coordinate with their State Administrative Agency to confirm eligibility.
That distinction matters because counter-drone mitigation can involve legal restrictions that do not apply to detection alone. The product description says Ranger includes mitigation capabilities, but an agency’s authority to use those functions depends on federal, state and local law. Investors should not assume that every grant recipient can deploy the full feature set.
Sentrycs linked the offer to an additional $250 million in federal counter-unmanned-aircraft funding for 56 recipients, including all 50 states, five territories and the District of Columbia. Eleven states participated in the first phase, while 45 additional jurisdictions can begin building capabilities. The company did not disclose expected unit sales, signed contracts or the amount of the grant pool that its products might capture.
For Ondas, the announcement makes Sentrycs’ public-safety sales strategy easier to evaluate. At $99,000 per package, every 100 units would represent $9.9 million in gross sales before discounts, channel economics or other adjustments. That is a BTI calculation, not company guidance, and actual procurement volume is unknown.
The investment case now turns on execution: whether Ranger remains eligible under each program, whether agencies choose protocol-based technology over competing sensor combinations, and whether the three-year maintenance bundle produces attractive recurring economics. The grant opportunity is real, but revenue will be demonstrated by awards and deliveries rather than by the size of the federal funding pool.