Russia’s Rostec State Corporation is testing a drone identification system. The system uses the ‘friend-or-foe’ principle and is designed to mark friendly drones automatically at an altitude up to 5 km and a distance up to 100 km. Production of a pilot batch is expected to commence in 2025.
The new system uses a radar identifier installed inside a drone. The system’s transponder has a maximum weight of 90g and low power consumption, enabling integration into a range of civilian and special-purpose drones, including agricultural or geodetic quadcopters.
One of the identification system prototypes is undergoing testing on the Geodeziya-401 drone made by Geoskan and designed for aerial survey in urban conditions and in quarries.
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