MARSS, now part of EOS, sees Middle East air defence success
MARSS' Interceptor MR, for C-UAV use, displayed at Eurosatory 2026. (Janes/Tom Barton)
UK-based defence company MARSS saw success in air defence of military infrastructure in the Middle East just before its recent acquisition by Australian defence company EOS, senior company figures told Janes at the Eurosatory 2026 exhibition held in Paris from 15-19 June.
On 15 June Electro Optic Systems (EOS) and Marine and Remote Sensing Solutions (MARSS) announced the former's acquisition of the latter, MARSS becoming an independent subsidiary within EOS. Seen as providing complimentary equipment from both sides, the focus of the acquisition is counter-unmanned aerial vehicles (C-UAVs).
“Our order book is set for significant growth now,” Johannes Pinl, who remains CEO of MARSS, told Janes. He added that MARSS would also now double the size of its tech team behind its AI and command and control development, and that of its Interceptor MR (medium range) and future SR (short range) C-UAV systems.
Clive Cuthell, CFO of EOS, told Janes that the two companies had been working together for some time, including the Red Sands exercise in Saudi Arabia in 2024. Both Cuthell and Pinl saw it as vindication of MARSS efforts that, as they said, MARSS and third-party systems coordinated through its NiDAR command and control (C2) software had been downing mostly Shahed Iranian UAVs in the Middle East in recent weeks.
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