KVERTUS AD MW appears in Ukrainian service as a man-portable counter-drone jammer used in the electronic-warfare fight against Russian UAVs.
| Claim | Sources |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian fielding of the KVERTUS AD MW in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War | |
| AD MW role as a man-portable jammer for countering FPV drones | Sources: KVERTUS AD MW product page, Defense Express on Kvertus AD MW variants |
| Revised AD MW family context with FPV-drone and payload-dropping-drone configurations |
Timeline
Defense Express publishes a Kvertus profile identifying a Ukrainian anti-drone equipment operator with the KVERTUS AD MW and describing Kvertus equipment development around front-line Ukrainian requirements.
Defense Express reports that Kvertus presented a revised AD MW anti-drone rifle line with variants for FPV drones and for heavier payload-dropping drones.
Defense Express directly identified a Ukrainian anti-drone equipment operator with a KVERTUS AD MW anti-drone rifle in December 2023. The same report placed Kvertus equipment development in the war against Russia and described company staff testing equipment in combat conditions with feedback from Ukrainian front-line soldiers.
The sourced record supports Ukrainian fielding of the AD MW in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, but it does not identify a named unit, location, or engagement for a specific interception.
By December 2023, Defense Express had documented the AD MW with a Ukrainian anti-drone operator while describing Kvertus as a Ukrainian producer of UAV-defense and electronic-warfare equipment shaped by front-line requirements.
In April 2025, Defense Express reported a revised AD MW family with separate configurations for FPV drones and heavier payload-dropping drones. Kvertus's current product page describes the AD MW as a man-portable anti-drone rifle for countering FPV drones, with selectable interference bands, 100 W output, battery operation, and an 8 kg field form factor.
Sources: Defense Express on Kvertus anti-drone systems, Defense Express on Kvertus AD MW variants, KVERTUS AD MW product page
The AD MW fits Ukraine's distributed counter-UAV and electronic-warfare layer rather than a conventional kinetic air-defense weapon. Its documented role is to give a dismounted operator a directional jamming tool against small drones, especially FPV systems, in the close battlefield environment.
Kvertus publishes the AD MW as a rifle-format jammer with customer-selectable radio-control interference channels from 300-400 MHz through 1250-1350 MHz, a claimed effective range of up to 1,500 m or more depending on conditions, and operational readiness in up to 30 seconds. Defense Express later described the revised AD MW line as optimized for specific operational scenarios, separating the FPV-drone version from a payload-dropping-drone version.
Open sources reviewed for this record support fielding and front-line use context, but they do not provide a verified incident log of AD MW engagements. The page therefore treats the system as a Ukrainian fielded counter-drone jammer in the war, without assigning specific kills, interception counts, or unit-level outcomes.
Sources: Defense Express on Kvertus anti-drone systems, Defense Express on Kvertus AD MW variants, KVERTUS AD MW product page
