{
 "slug": "latvia-mobile-counter-drone-teams-origin-robotics-eraser-blaze-interceptor-ascc",
 "title": "Latvia Fields Mobile Interceptor-Drone Teams Along Its 400km Border With Russia",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/latvia-mobile-counter-drone-teams-origin-robotics-eraser-blaze-interceptor-ascc/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/latvia-mobile-counter-drone-teams-origin-robotics-eraser-blaze-interceptor-ascc/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-06-02T18:59:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:53:48.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiga, 2 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Latvia is fielding mobile counter-drone teams of up to four soldiers, equipped with all-terrain vehicles and interceptor drones, modelled on Ukrainian practice\n * The interceptors come from two domestic makers — Origin Robotics, whose BLAZE interceptor runs under a multi-year framework, and Eraser\n * The teams, integrated by the Autonomous Systems Competence Centre, were to be operational within days\n * Covering the full ~400-kilometre border with",
 "countries": [
  "central-eastern-europe"
 ],
 "domains": [
  "doctrine-force-structure"
 ],
 "capabilities": [
  "air-missile-defence",
  "uncrewed-autonomy"
 ],
 "tags": [
  "mdf-military-doctrine-force-structure",
  "iamd-air-missile-defense",
  "drones-uav",
  "central-eastern-europe"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "russia",
  "ukraine"
 ],
 "inferred": {
  "countries": [
   "russia",
   "ukraine"
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  "domains": [],
  "capabilities": []
 }
}