Military suitability of COTS UAV due to the level of radiated emissions

• Autorzy: Przesmycki Rafał , Michalak Jarosław

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/bpasts.2024.148838

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article presents the assessment of the levels of radiated electromagnetic interference by commercial UAVs in the context of their popular use for various military tasks. The test was conducted in the frequency range from 30 MHz to 6 GHz, in an electromagnetically anechoic chamber, in accordance with the procedures provided for this type of checks. Apart from the control frequencies (which of course exceed the standards), it can be said that most of the tested UAVs using brushless motors do not exceed the emission levels specified by the military standard MIL-STD-461G. This opens the way to the use of COTS UAV as a carrier of electronic systems for the tasks of recognizing sources of radio signals in the investigated band.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

commercial UAV; EMI; electromagnetic chamber; MIL-STD-461G; military applications

PL

EMI; komora elektromagnetyczna; MIL-STD-461G; bezzałogowy statek powietrzny komercyjny; UAV komercyjny; wojskowe zastosowanie

• Wydawca: Polska Akademia Nauk, Wydział IV Nauk Technicznych
• Czasopismo: Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Technical Sciences
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 72, nr 2
• Strony: art. no. e148838
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr 37 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Przesmycki Rafał

• Military University of Technology, ul. Gen. Sylwestra Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0396-2451

autor

Michalak Jarosław

• Military University of Technology, ul. Gen. Sylwestra Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6022-9315

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).