Saudi assessment of U.S. C-UAS tested at Red Sands 2025, systems under consideration

Held at the Shamal-2 range in northeastern Saudi Arabia from September 7 to 14, 2025, the exercise featured systems including Shikra, Skyguard, and the Mobile Low, Slow, Unmanned Integrated Defeat System (MLIDS), among others.

The note provides an overview of the following aspects:

• The performance of the systems tested at Red Sands 2025
• Saudi evaluation of these systems
• The systems Saudi Arabia showed interest in procuring
• Saudi conditions for moving forward with a deal