PentenAmio reveals TrapRadio electronic deception system

The TrapRadio transmitter (right) and mission planning application (left) hosted on a tablet displayed at DSEI 2025. Note the three different nets on different frequencies being generated by the system. (Giles Ebbutt)

UK/Australian digital security firm PentenAmio has developed an electronic deception system that mimics radio networks to disguise real locations and provide camouflage in the electronic spectrum.

According to PentenAmio, “Electronic deception distorts enemy intelligence efforts, creates false targets, masks critical movements, and triggers operational doubt.  It uses electronic signals to mislead adversaries by manipulating their perception of the battlefield.”

The new development, called TrapRadio, is an electronic deception system that replicates the radio frequency (RF) signature and the behaviour of forces, not just a single radio. It consists of a software-defined radio transmitter paired with an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven mission planning application, which can build and scale RF signatures to manipulate an electronic order of battle or replicate force units of any scale, size, or composition demanded by an operation.

With a power output of up to 10 W, the transmitter covers the frequency range of 30–520 MHz, and can generate a range of military, first responder, and commercial waveforms, and different modulation types.

A PentenAmio representative told Janes at the DSEI 2025 exhibition in September that the RF characteristics of the typical equipment for a particular unit can be loaded into the mission planning application, which then uses AI to create and replicate typical unit electronic signatures and network characteristics. When activated the radio can then generate and regenerate the simulated network to replicate complex electronic pattern of life behaviour. Users can adjust parameters such as decoy unit numbers and sizes, radio types, and operational tempo.