Title Hostile UAV detection and neutralization using a UAV system /
Authors Rudys, Saulius ; Laučys, Andrius ; Ragulis, Paulius ; Aleksiejūnas, Rimvydas ; Stankevičius, Karolis ; Kinka, Martynas ; Razgūnas, Matas ; Bručas, Domantas ; Udris, Dainius ; Pomarnacki, Raimondas
DOI 10.3390/drones6090250
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Is Part of Drones.. Basel : MDPI. 2022, vol. 6, iss. 9, art. no. 250, p. 1-18.. eISSN 2504-446X
Keywords [eng] unmanned aerial vehicles ; marine solid-state radar ; UAV detection ; drone countermeasures
Abstract [eng] The technologies of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have seen extremely rapid development in recent years. UAV technologies are being developed much faster than the means of their legislation. There have been many means of UAV detection and neutralization proposed in recent research; nonetheless, all of them have serious disadvantages. The essential problems in the detection of UAVs is the small size of UAVs, weak radio wave reflection, weak radio signal, and sound emitting. The main problem of conventional UAV countermeasures is the short detection and neutralization range. The authors propose the concept of the airborne counter-UAV platform (consisting of several vehicles) with radar. We use a low-cost marine radar with a high resolution 2 m wide antenna, embedded into the wing. Radar scanning is implemented by changing the heading of the aircraft. For the countermeasures, the authors suggest using a small rotorcraft UAV carried by a bigger fixed-wing one. A mathematical model that allows the calculation of the coordinates of the detected drone while scanning the environment in a moving UAV with radar was created. Furthermore, the results of integrated radar performance with a detected drone and the results of successful neutralization experiments of different UAVs were achieved.
Published Basel : MDPI
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2022
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