Although we don’t know much about this particular anti-drone antenna/rifle jammer, we have also seen other similar designs. The Battelle Memorial Institute installed an anti-drone antenna on the rifle and named it “DroneDefender”. An updated version of this weapon was used in Iraq earlier this year. In November, drone company Drone Shield launched DroneGun, a similar antenna rifle with backpack power supply. The whole effect looks like “Ghostbusters”.
Instead of jamming the drone, the Army Cyber Institute at West Point built antennas and computer guns that could feed information into the open channels of unlocked Parrot drones. This allows the network rifle to send coverage codes to the Parrot drone without violating the FCC and FAA signal jamming device regulations. In a training exercise this summer, West Point cadets encountered a drone in a simulated robbery and had to use a cyber rifle to throw it out of the sky. As a result, a team without a planned drone attacked the entire train’s machine gun division with a cannon attack.
The drone is controlled by a radio and GPS blocker within a certain frequency range for autonomous driving. An anti-drone solution uses drone jammer to block control signals with high-power radio signals. Another solution is to hijack the flying drone through GPS or frequency control by sending spoofing signals.
Perfectjammer Co., Ltd. provides anti-drone solutions. The work of the interference drone interferes with the drone’s radio frequency interference with the communication system between the drone and the pilot and keeps it out of range. The anti-drone pistol does not damage or control the drone; it just forces the drone to land or return to the starting point. The drone killer helps prevent unauthorized flying robots from reaching sensitive and dangerous areas.
In order for the radio jammer to work properly, it must be very close to the signal that the crew is trying to destroy. For example, according to “Air Power Australia”, an independent think tank dedicated to military electronic systems, Avtobaza can detect targets up to 93 miles long. Interference consumes more energy than detection, so Avtobaza can interfere with drones within a range of less than 90 miles.
This is why Russian jammers and the new “special forces” in the anti-UAVs they operate do not necessarily pose a survival risk to U.S. drones. Russian drone fighter jets may find it difficult to locate targets. A former U.S. drone developer who asked not to be named said: “It is hard to imagine whether you will know when and where.”