Indian firm Jugapro develops lower airspace C-UAS

A concept image of Jugapro's Skynerad² C-UAS mounted on a military vehicle. (Jugapro India Private Limited)

Haryana-based Jugapro India has developed a multilayered counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) named Skynerad², a company spokesperson told Janes on 12 February.

According to the spokesperson, Skynerad² is a part of the company's modular lower-airspace awareness and C-UAS architecture. “[Skynerad² is] packaged for field deployment in multiple form factors such as containerised and mobile monitoring configurations,” the spokesperson added.

Jugapro India's spokesperson said the system enables configurable multisensor integration including radar, radio frequency (RF) direction-finding/spectrum monitoring, and electro-optical (EO)/infrared (IR)/pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) payloads.

“Detection-to-verification workflow correlates sensor inputs into tracks and supports operator verification including slew-to-cue to EO/IR/PTZ where configured,” the spokesperson said.

“[The] modular architecture… allow[s] integration of third-party sensors and, where permitted and customer-specified, third-party mitigation systems without locking the customer into a single original equipment manufacturer (OEM).

“Command-and-control and reporting [functions include] alerting, track history, operator annotations, and incident reporting outputs suitable for operational review and audit.”

According to the spokesperson, Skynerad² can be deployed from monitoring cabin/stations “designed for remote and harsh environments” featuring onboard power and communication options. The system is capable of countering smaller aerial threats including Chinese DJI Phantom-class unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which are designed for aerial photography and videography.

“Each Skynerad² suite covers over 5–7 km in radius for Phantom-class drones, tracks hundreds of flying objects, and emits only qualified drone tracks with minimal latency,” the spokesperson added.

The spokesperson said the system is in “pilot deployments after several rounds of customer demonstrations”. The company declined to provide details about the customers.