YC Summer 2026 (S26) company

IMPACT Drones

Air Defense as a Service for Civilian Infrastructure.

About IMPACT Drones

IMPACT builds autonomous interceptor drones that ship in sealed containers. The box sits at the site it protects, data centers, power grids, airports, bases, with no crew on the pad. When sensors cue a hostile drone, an interceptor pierces its own frangible lid, launches, and rams the target, guided by onboard vision that keeps working when GPS is jammed. Legacy effectors cost $1M+ per shot against $30k threats; ours cost less than the threat and scale with the swarm, the same class of interceptor already downing Shahed drones over Ukraine. Sites subscribe to protection instead of buying missiles, hardware, reloads and monitoring included: Air Defense as a Service. 180M+ USD in signed letters of intent.

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    AIR DEFENSE AS A SERVICE.

    AIR DEFENSE AS A SERVICE. In March, drones took three AWS data centers offline in the Middle East and a dozen core cloud services with them. Amazon lost 200 million USD in one day. We build the box that stops it. Containerized cells of autonomous interceptors, parked next to

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    We built a high-speed jet interceptor in two weeks.

    We built a high-speed jet interceptor in two weeks. Meet the first SABLE prototype. As incoming drones become cheaper and faster, air defense needs to catch up. SABLE and HUNTER are the cornerstones of our Air Defense as a Service (ADaaS) offering, built to protect critical

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    Launching today: air defense as a service.

    Launching today: air defense as a service. Interceptors that cost less than the drones they shoot down.

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    Mobile ADaaS This is a joke, for now.

    Mobile ADaaS This is a joke, for now.

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    Air Defense as a Service!!

    Air Defense as a Service!!

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    Next week you will see the real SABLE prototype.

    Next week you will see the real SABLE prototype. Drones are already hitting data centers, refineries and airports. Defenses have to be on site before the attack, not after. Our turbine interceptor, stored sealed at the site it protects, launched autonomously the moment a threat

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    Meet SABLE, our jet interceptor.

    Meet SABLE, our jet interceptor.

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    SABLE unveil soon.

    SABLE unveil soon.