Application of UAV countermeasures technology and equipment in low-altitude airspace management
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Application of UAV countermeasures technology and equipment in low-altitude airspace management

It is urgent to study the application of UAV countermeasures technology and equipment in low-altitude airspace management.
Dec 26th,2023 956 Views

        In order to promote the development of the low-altitude airspace economy, my country has gradually promoted the pilot reform of low-altitude airspace management since 2009. Low-altitude airspace has been opened in an orderly manner since 2020. During this period, the number of drones has increased exponentially. At the same time, the number of drones has increased exponentially. The problem of "black flying" has also become increasingly prominent. Incidents such as drone interference, smuggling, and even terrorist attacks occur frequently around the world, seriously affecting social public security and people's normal production and living order. Due to the characteristics of "low, slow and small" drones, this greatly increases the difficulty of drone control. The core technical problem lies in effective early warning, positioning, tracking and countermeasures. At present, traditional countermeasures such as radio direction finding and radar are unable to fully respond to the security threats posed by "black flying" UAVs. Low-altitude control remains a major problem faced by both military and civilian parties. Research on UAV countermeasures and equipment is in Applications in low-altitude airspace management are imminent.

一、 Characteristics of UAVs and difficulties in countermeasures

1. The fuselage is small in size and the materials tend to be non-metallic. With the development of composite and stealth technology materials, it becomes more difficult to detect, identify and warn.
2. The threshold for acquiring drone technology has been lowered, increasing the chance that terrorists will use it to carry out terrorist attacks.
3. The improved attack and protection capabilities of drones, as well as their high flexibility and maneuverability, make disposal more difficult.

4. The diversified development of UAV payloads will cause future wars to face threats such as close reconnaissance, electronic interference, fire guidance, and suicide attacks.

二、Development status of domestic UAV countermeasures equipment


In recent years, although domestic UAV countermeasures and equipment have been greatly developed, in practice countermeasures equipment and related technologies are still difficult to meet the needs. Most of them are only suitable for simpler environments and are suitable for large areas. , long distance and other complex environments are not mature enough. Although there are many current countermeasures for UAVs, no matter which method is used, it is a simple combination of these technologies. It is difficult to effectively detect and counteract low-altitude UAVs, and mutual interference still occurs from time to time. So how to solve these countermeasure technical problems? The editor of Somersault on the Cloud will explain his thoughts below.

三、 UAV countermeasures and self-organizing network low-altitude control platform

Currently, there are many countermeasure technologies based on different principles in the field of UAV countermeasures, which are classified according to their different forms of action.

四、The development trend of UAV countermeasures technology in low-altitude airspace management

       According to the plan of the National Air Traffic Control Commission, the low-altitude airspace management reform pilot provinces have established a low-altitude airspace collaborative operation center to gradually build China's air traffic supervision system. In view of this requirement, strengthening low-altitude control mainly focuses on the seven links of "examination, investigation, supervision, control, harassment, destruction, and punishment". From a broad perspective, it is management and control. Management is mainly reflected in laws and regulations. For the management of "low, slow and small" drones, the main emphasis is on "management" to achieve "airspace limitation, equipment registration, licensed operation, and effective monitoring." The main emphasis of control is to use technical means to distinguish black and white lists and a series of security measures such as detection, perception, avoidance, denial, and evidence collection.

1. Construct a regulatory system to provide legal protection for low-altitude drone control

2. Strengthen technical research and give full play to the role of drone countermeasures technology and equipment


3. Practice military-civilian integration and strive to build an integrated low-altitude surveillance system for military-civilian coordination

In order to meet the needs of my country's low-altitude airspace opening, a low-altitude airspace monitoring system based on a low-cost, high-reliability communication data fusion center must be established, which can provide flight conflict detection, low-altitude alarms, restricted area intrusion alarms, on-board business offices, Navigation and other flight services.