Beretta Defense Technologies plans to make Eurosatory 2026 its coming-out party for LIVET, an eight-barrel remote-controlled weapon station built around the kinetic counter-drone logic that has driven the BDT group's C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems) development for the past several years. The platform mounts no less than eight Benelli Drone Guardian shotgun systems on a single automated turret capable of tracking and engaging drone targets without requiring an operator to physically aim the weapon.Anti-Drone Shotguns @ TFB: Benelli’s M4 Drone Guardian Takes Aim at UAV Threats Benelli's Anti-Drone M4 Shotgun (+Tungsten Ammo): A.I. Drone Guardian DSEI 2025: Counter Drone Shotguns LIVET was developed through a collaboration between Beretta Defense Technologies and Italian technology company DUALEE, and represents the industrialization of the shotgun-based counter-drone approach Benelli has been refining through the Drone Guardian program, now scaled into a multi-barrel, remotely operated configuration suited for fixed-site and critical infrastructure protection.The underlying logic of putting shotguns on a C-UAS turret rather than conventional automatic weapons comes down to geometry. Small drones present a difficult targeting problem for rifle or machine gun fire because they are small, fast, and maneuverable, and hitting them with a single aimed projectile under pressure is genuinely difficult for human operators. A shotgun's spread pattern changes that equation at short to medium range, and the Drone Guardian platform was designed to push that envelope further with purpose-built ammunition.The system consists of the shotgun, associated sighting, and a specific cartridge developed by Norma Precision, also part of the BDT group, with the shotgun itself based on the Benelli M4-A1 self-loading, 12-gauge, magazine-fed platform.The ammunition component is the purposely developed AD-LER round, standing for Anti-Drone Long Effective Range. It hosts 2.7 mm diameter tungsten shot that leaves the barrel at 405 m/s, exploiting the rifle chamber's capacity to withstand 1,320-bar pressure.LIVET takes that proven individual weapon and multiplies it. With eight Drone Guardian systems integrated into a single RCWS featuring auto-tracking and remote engagement capabilities, the platform shifts from a last-ditch individual tool into a layered, automated site-defense asset. BDT says the system is designed to deliver extremely rapid reaction times suited to current operational C-UAS scenarios, which in practice means the kind of FPV swarm and quadcopter threats that have defined drone warfare in recent conflicts. BDT has been steadily expanding its C-UAS footprint across multiple companies within the group. LIVET slots into that architecture as a fixed-site kinetic layer, complementing handheld Drone Guardian deployments and BDT's C-UAS ammunition offerings across calibers, including the recently introduced SHATTER4K round from Swiss P, available in 5.56x45mm and 7.62x51mm for use in standard assault rifles. PlatformLIVET Remote Controlled Weapon StationEffectors8x Benelli Drone Guardian semi-automatic shotgun systemsCaliber12 gaugeAmmunitionNorma AD-LER (Anti-Drone Long Effective Range), tungsten shotMuzzle Velocity405 m/sKey FeaturesAuto-tracking, remote engagement, rapid reaction timeDeveloperBeretta Defense Technologies / DUALEE (technology integration)ApplicationFixed-site and critical infrastructure protectionDebutEurosatory 2026, Paris (June 15-19) The Paris show runs June 15-19, with the BDT booth occupying 221 square meters of floor space. LIVET will be on display alongside what the company describes as one of the most comprehensive C-UAS solution portfolios currently available.Source: Beretta Defense Technologies