Metis Aerospace's Skyperion Lightweight RF sensor previously tested in Ukraine
Metis Aerospace Skyperion Lightweight passive RF sensor system. (Metis Aerospace)
Metis Aerospace's newly launched Skyperion Lightweight passive radio frequency (RF) sensor for unmanned aircraft system (UAS) detection has been tested in Ukraine, the CEO of Metis Aerospace, Tony Burnell, told Janes on 4 February.
Skyperion Lightweight can detect and âbearing-locate Shahed 131/136 variants that emit RF such as those fitted with telemetry radios, video links, or commercial cellular modemsâ, according to Burnell. The system is unable to detect Shahed variants which are operating in a fully autonomous global navigation satellite system-aided inertial navigation system (GNSS/INS)-only configuration, Burnell added. This type of configuration means that the loitering munitions are âeffectively radio silentâ, according to Burnell. Skyperion Lightweight can be integrated within a multisensor counter-UAS (C-UAS). Skyperion performs UAS identification through a signal-level feature extraction, protocol analysis, and comparison against an RF signature library.
Skyperion Lightweight is designed for wideband passive RF monitoring from approximately 30 MHz to 18 GHz, according to the company. It enables detection of UAS command-and-control (C2); telemetry and payload emissions across the very high frequency (VHF)/ultra-high frequency (UHF) telemetry bands including L, S, C, and X band links; 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz industrial, scientific, medical (ISM) bands; and commercial cellular bands, according to Burnell.
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