Milipol 2025: French company Tecknisolar turns a simple scooter into a mobile drone spotting unit.

Tecknisolar presented the Tripode MBP at Milipol 2025, a drone detection system mounted on a scooter combining radar, spectrum analysis, jamming, and optical imaging to detect drones in locations where rapid deployment and compact equipment are required.

At Milipol 2025, a French manufacturer, Tecknisolar, is promoting a mobile surveillance and drone detection concept called Tripode MBP, presented as part of Tecknisolar’s range after more than twenty years of research, development, and innovations. The system is shown mounted on a scooter placed on a tripod and is intended for detection missions on land, in the air, and at sea. The company associates this innovation with the aerial detection of drones, ultralight aircraft, paragliders, and helicopters, as well as maritime infiltration by boats, terrestrial detection of vehicles, and the surveillance of crowd movements in urban environments.
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The mobility of the scooter allows deployment to sites that may be inaccessible to larger vehicles or fixed installations, such as narrow alleys, event perimeters, or hilly terrain, increasing flexibility. (Picture source: Army Recognition)

Tecknisolar is a French company located in Brittany that has operated since 1992 as a research laboratory specialised in signal processing. It ranks its activities across several domains, including road-safety infrastructure, maritime detection systems, military electronics, and civil security solutions. Its offering includes solar panels for high-efficiency use, radars for maritime and aerial intrusion detection, thermal and optronic cameras, and sensors for crowd and vehicle monitoring. The company highlights its capability to deliver custom-designed solutions adapted to specific operational needs, drawing on its research and development base. In recent years, Tecknisolar has published its motto “products tested on operational theatres,” reflecting its intent to serve customers with demanding security requirements.

The Tripode MBP is described as a multifunction device for missions linked to the protection and surveillance of sensitive sites, border zones, and maritime areas, as well as the observation of movements of crowds and the protection of high-profile personalities. The system is also presented as capable of detecting intrusions involving aircraft, small boats, or vehicles when deployed near an area requiring monitoring. The representation links these missions to a compact platform that can be driven to a location, deployed on a tripod, and left to cover localised air, ground, or maritime approaches. The scooter-based configuration is shown in different environments, including flat ground and slopes, and an alternative version is displayed that can be installed on a quad or a vehicle, suggesting adaptable use.

The radar is described as detecting a moving target at a distance and giving the operator real-time information on direction, speed, and location, displayed on a mapping interface. This function is illustrated as allowing the tracking of a drone in flight with sufficient precision to follow its movement across the monitored area. The operator can then activate an onboard jammer to attempt to neutralise the identified drone while it remains in flight. The radar is stated to detect drones, ultralight aircraft, paragliders, helicopters, boats, and vehicles at distances of a few kilometres, depending on the size of the detected target. This combination positions the radar as the primary sensor for wide area observation around the deployment point.

The brochure specifies an analyzer of the radio spectrum covering frequencies from 2.3 GHz to 5.9 GHz for the detection of radio emissions. This analyzer is presented as identifying emissions in the defined bands, which include frequencies commonly used for drone control links and short-range communication systems. Attached to this analyser is an electromagnetic radio jammer described as an element of the MBP suite, intended to disrupt these same communication links when activated by the operator. This jammer is linked directly to the neutralisation function described earlier, forming part of the stated capability to counter drones once detected and located. The independence of each element is noted, indicating that the analyser and jammer can be used alone or together depending on user requirements.

The imaging systems consist of a day and night optronic camera, described as capable of 5G radio operation, and a separate thermal target camera for airborne recognition. The optronic camera is presented as suitable for monitoring crowd movements and infiltration attempts by day and by night, and as able to be piloted remotely through a 5G connection. The thermal camera adds infrared recognition against aerial targets in darker or obscured conditions, supporting the radar and spectrum analyser in identifying objects in the airspace. These imaging systems are shown in the brochure as part of the mast mounted suite on the scooter tripod and are treated as selectable modules within the MBP configuration.

A specific characteristic highlighted is that each MBP equipment item is independent and can be adapted to the user’s requirements, meaning the system can be configured with one, two, three, four or all five equipment modules. The brochure lists the five modules as the radar, the spectrum analyser, the electromagnetic jammer, the optronic camera, and the thermal target camera. The images show the scooter mounted system, the quad mounted version and the tripod-on-scooter version labelled MBP sur tripode, as well as a visual representing deployment on a hill. The captions connect the product to airborne detection duties, maritime infiltration scenarios, terrestrial detection of vehicles and the surveillance of crowd movements in public spaces.

Mounting drone detectors on a scooter offers several operational advantages. Because the platform is compact and wheeled, it enables rapid repositioning to cover evolving threat zones or adapt to changing terrain. The mobility of the scooter allows deployment to sites that may be inaccessible to larger vehicles or fixed installations, such as narrow alleys, event perimeters, or hilly terrain, increasing flexibility. The tripod mount on the scooter allows the sensor mast to be raised and stabilised at a vantage point for radar, thermal and optical detection, achieving improved line of sight over obstacles and enabling detection of aerial or ground threats.

In addition, a scooter-based system can be transported quickly by a small team and set up with minimal logistical footprint, reducing infrastructure demands and enabling quicker response. The modular nature of the sensor suite means the configuration on a scooter can be tailored for a specific mission, whether aerial drone detection, RF spectrum monitoring or thermal imaging, without permanently committing to a large vehicle or heavy equipment. The capacity to combine radar detection, spectrum analysis, jamming, optronics and thermal imaging on a mobile scooter means a layered domain detection capability in a compact package. Furthermore, deploying on a scooter may lower the visible footprint and logistical cost compared to larger trucks, making it more discreet for perimeter surveillance, crowd monitoring or border patrolling operations.

Written by Jérôme Brahy

Jérôme Brahy is a defense analyst and documentalist at Army Recognition. He specializes in naval modernization, aviation, drones, armored vehicles, and artillery, with a focus on strategic developments in the United States, China, Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye, and Belgium. His analyses go beyond the facts, providing context, identifying key actors, and explaining why defense news matters on a global scale.