A Hyderabad start-up’s 498 km/h interceptor points to a faster counter-drone layer

The counter-drone problem is becoming a race against time: low-cost loitering munitions can compress the defender’s reaction window to seconds. Hyderabad-based Apollyon Dynamics says its Ahuti Mk II electric multirotor interceptor has reached a certified 498 km/h, signalling an indigenous attempt to build speed into the physical defeat layer.