Jammer resistant drone designs spark search for countermeasures
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has driven another stage of evolution for drones and the counter measures to defend against them.
uAvionix’s products for UAS have been accepted by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) of India for use within Indian-controlled airspace, the company announced on 1 April.
In August 2018, the DGCA issued its requirements for the operation of civil UAS, including the requirement that all RPAS weighing more than 2kg intending to operate in controlled airspace up to 400ft be equipped with a secondary surveillance radar Mode C or S transponder, or ADS-B OUT transmitter. The aircraft also had to be equipped with detect and avoid capability.
uAvionix's ping20S low power Mode S ES ADS-B transponder and pingRX ADS-B receiver for Air Traffic Control interoperability and detect and avoid functionality will help provide these capabilities. The ping20S weighs 25gm and allows the UAS it is installed on to respond to interrogations from ATC SSRs and nearby aircraft equipped with traffic collision avoidance systems.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has driven another stage of evolution for drones and the counter measures to defend against them.
The new Amorphous software is a universal controller that would allow a single operator to control a swarm of “thousands” of uncrewed systems, from drones to underwater platforms.
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Launched at AUSA in October, the company’s multi-stream video codec is attempting to bring a new lease of life to drone technology through its AI accelerator.
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