The paper describes the development of a drone swarm configuration that can electromagnetically obscure a target-drone from radar detection. At the beginning, different drone swarm architectures were analyzed in order to select the best solution to develop ground and in-flight tests. During the tests execution, a compact software radar was used to detect a target-drone. Moreover, trihedral corner reflectors were used to perform the electromagnetic obscuration of the target-drone. Several ground tests were executed to characterize the radar echo response of the target-drone installed on a wooden tripod. Then, the radar echo response of the target-drone was compared with the one obtained by the target-drone obscured by corner reflectors. Different configurations of corner reflectors were tested on wooden tripods to select the swarm configuration that better obscures the target-drone. At the end, flight tests were executed involving decoy-drones equipped with a corner reflector and a target-drone to assess and validate the developed drone swarm as countermeasure against ground-based radar detection.
Using Drone Swarms as Countermeasure of Radar Detection / Conte, C.; Supplizi, S. V.; de Alteriis, G.; Mele, A.; Rufino, G.; Accardo, D.. - (2022). (Intervento presentato al convegno AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022 tenutosi a usSan Diego (CA, USA) nel 3-7 January 2022) [10.2514/6.2022-0855].
Using Drone Swarms as Countermeasure of Radar Detection
Conte C.;de Alteriis G.;Rufino G.;Accardo D.
2022
Abstract
The paper describes the development of a drone swarm configuration that can electromagnetically obscure a target-drone from radar detection. At the beginning, different drone swarm architectures were analyzed in order to select the best solution to develop ground and in-flight tests. During the tests execution, a compact software radar was used to detect a target-drone. Moreover, trihedral corner reflectors were used to perform the electromagnetic obscuration of the target-drone. Several ground tests were executed to characterize the radar echo response of the target-drone installed on a wooden tripod. Then, the radar echo response of the target-drone was compared with the one obtained by the target-drone obscured by corner reflectors. Different configurations of corner reflectors were tested on wooden tripods to select the swarm configuration that better obscures the target-drone. At the end, flight tests were executed involving decoy-drones equipped with a corner reflector and a target-drone to assess and validate the developed drone swarm as countermeasure against ground-based radar detection.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
