Developers from the Netherlands have redesigned their device so that it catches UAVs. Now experts are trying to solve a difficult problem with frequencies.
Ukrainian specialists, with the help of Dutch partners, are developing a portable device that reports the approach of drones. Serviceman and volunteer Sergey Flash spoke about this project on Facebook.
A video posted on social media shows a device with an antenna that fits in the palm of an adult. A small color screen displays radio waves at specific frequencies that emit beeps when a UAV is nearby. As planned by the creators, soldiers can use such devices on the front lines to defend themselves against quadcopters dropping grenades.
As Sergei Flash shared, engineers from Holland redesigned their pocket radio signal analyzer and put software on it that responds to drones. The only problem is that the specialists could not achieve normal sensitivity in the 5.8 GHz band, so the device does not notice drones operating at these frequencies.
“A couple of teams from Ukraine continue to work on other options. If they don’t, we will order the Dutch paid development of a complete product for the needs of the Armed Forces,” the author added.
We previously wrote about another portable drone detector developed by Ukrainian Dmitry Selin. It can detect different models of Russian drones such as Orlan and Eleron. Currently, the Ukrainian military is testing a prototype device in combat conditions.
In January, the Ukrainian military showed a system that detects drones and missiles by sound while moving. Servicemen of the 125th separate brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces are assembling complexes of a microphone, a mirror and a microcomputer, the total cost of which is less than 20,000 hryvnias. They can detect threats from 3 to 7 km away depending on size.
