HORN30
30×113 mm remote weapon station · Remote Weapon Station
A 30×113 mm remote weapon station designed from the ground up for unmanned platforms: the family's organic terminal layer for direct fire and counter-drone, with AI-assisted tracking and firing always under human authorization.
Overview
HORN30 is Miriad Engineering's remote weapon station: a single-feed 30×113 mm electric autocannon, designed from the ground up for unmanned integration rather than adapted from a manned turret. Miriad supplies the station, the fire control and the integration into the platform. It is the family's organic terminal effector: the last line of direct fire at perimeter range, sitting below the larger-caliber, longer-range effectors of the V/SHORAD layer.
It is built for close-range direct fire, counter-FPV defense and reaction against mini-UAS and low-altitude air threats, and it also engages infantry, light vehicles, exposed positions and support teams. Its AI-assisted tracking locks onto fast targets, but the firing decision is always human: every shot requires explicit authorization from the operator at the remote station.
Capabilities
- UGV-native design
- 30×113 mm NATO
- Single-feed
- Programmable airburst ammunition
- AI-assisted tracking
- Stabilized · fire on the move
- 360° traverse
- Strict human control (HITL)
Key specifications
- Caliber
- 30×113 mm · NATO standard
- Weapon type
- Single-feed electric autocannon · Miriad HORN30 remote weapon station
- Design origin
- UGV-native · unmanned integration from the ground up
- Rate of fire
- Selectable · ~225 rds/min optimized · up to 720 rds/min in short C-UAV bursts
- Ammunition
- Programmable airburst (ABM) as the primary C-UAS round · HEDP, HEI and TP as complementary natures
- Ready ammunition
- 600 rounds · armored ring feeder in a protected bay under the turret
- Range
- Practical effectiveness ~1,500 m · C-UAS engagement window 400–800 m against mini-UAS / FPV
- AI tracking
- Auto-tracking of targets up to 150 m/s (~540 km/h) · from FPVs and mini-UAS to fast attack drones
- Engagement latency
- < 100 ms from operator authorization to first shot
- Coverage
- Motorized 360° traverse · stabilized · fire on the move
- Elevation
- −15° / +70°
- Fire control
- Onboard HORN30 via integrated EO sight · CHRONOS provides identification and hand-off · firing under human authorization
CHRONOS designates · HORN30 executes · the operator authorizes
- CHRONOS identifies, localizes and hands the target off to the effector.
- HORN30 executes the fire with its integrated fire control and electro-optical sight.
- Every shot requires explicit authorization from the operator at the remote station: neutralization always stays within the human chain of command.
The terminal layer
In layered counter-drone defense, the 30 mm caliber is the high-rate-of-fire, short-range layer against low-cost swarms, while larger-caliber effectors hold the longer-range layer. HORN30 occupies the close terminal layer: the last organic line at perimeter range, below the upper-layer effectors. Against jet-powered variants, terminal engagement remains possible within the gun's envelope when altitude and reaction time allow a viable firing solution.