Wrap Technologies Secures Pre-Order for 20 MERLIN-1 C-UAS Drone Systems for UK Public Safety Market

Key Highlights

• Wrap Technologies received a pre-order for 20 MERLIN-1 Counter-UAS (C-UAS) drone systems from Advanced Blast & Ballistic Systems Group (ABBS).
• The order is for the U.K. public safety market, representing an important commercial milestone and a step toward broader market entry in the U.K. and Europe.
• The MERLIN-1 platform is a modular, non-lethal drone-mounted payload designed to entangle and neutralize hostile drones mid-flight, aiming to prevent high costs and collateral risk.
• Wrap's drone roadmap has gained international traction, with recent commercial activity announced in Canada, Panama, and India.
• Jared Novick, President of Wrap, stated that non-lethal capabilities are an "essential layer of modern public safety, security, and critical infrastructure protection."
• The company's broader drone strategy includes MERLIN-1 for C-UAS missions and DFR-X, a Drone First Responder Interdiction platform, which opened pre-orders in Q4 2025 and targets go-to-market readiness in Q2 2026.