C-UAV on armoured vehicles

Dan HermansenCo-founder & CEO at MyDefence Communication

M.Sc.EE & Former Reserve Officer in Royal Danish Airforce

Integration MyDefence C-UAV in amoured vehicles

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The General Dynamics Light

Armoured Vehicle

Watchdog RF sensor

Dobbermann RF jammer

Vehicle user interface

Who we are?

MyDefence By the Numbers

• MyDefence Founded: 2009

• Employees: 20

• Focus: Wireless Security and Safety

• Vision: Protecting those who protect us

• Work: Research & development

• Clearance: NATO SECRET

• Offices: Nørresundby, Fredensborg (DK) Cary, North Carolina (USA)

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Mission critical area’s we focus on

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C-UAV

RADAR & RWR

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION

C-IED

Jammers

• Spectrum surveillance• Advanced signal analysis• Radar• Advanced jamming• Communication• Command & control

Incidents and Threat Assesment

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Motivation – the market is maturing

• NATO and allies see an increasing military threat from UAVs

• FBI and allied agencies fear the threat from UAVs used in

terrorist attacks in national theatres

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Investments in C-UAS equipment

U.S. DoD In its FY2019 request, the [U.S.] Army wants to spend $297.8 million to buy five Expeditionary LIDS [Low-slow-small UAS Integrated Defeat Systems], 10 Mobile-LIDS, Radar Vehicles and 10 M-LiDIS EW Vehicles. Additionally, these funds will procure man-carried systems ...Source: JED Magazine – April Issue, p. 32-33

DroneShield announced a $3.2 million sovereign order for 70 units of its DroneGun™ tactical jammer product for a Middle Eastern Ministry of Defence allied with the Western countries. This is not only the largest order in DroneShield’s history but also the largest known order for tactical drone mitigation equipment of this kind globally in the history of the nascent counter-drone industry.Source: sUAS News, Press Release by DroneShieldhttps://www.suasnews.com/2018/06/droneshield-turnbull-pyne-defence-export-strategy-bears-fruit/

KSA MoD

The DoD plans to invest an additional $1.5 billion over the course of 2019 into the development, testing and application of cutting-edge counter-UAS systems ranging from handheld weapons, to larger, more sophisticated weapons, capable of defending bases from large-scale attack.Source: DoD FY10 C-UAS Budgethttps://counteruas.iqpc.com/downloads/countering-the-drone-threat-an-overview-of-the-dods-fy19-c-uas-budgethttps://dronecenter.bard.edu/files/2018/04/CSD-Drone-Spending-FY19-Web-1.pdf

U.S. DoD

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Customers & partners

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Iris & ArgosC2-system with sensor fusion

Wolfpack360 RF Direction finding

Products

Watchdog & DobermannNetworked RF dronedetection & jamming

EagleRadar

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Wingman & PitbullWearable RF drone

detection & jamming

Mobile C-UAV configurations

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RF only

Wolfpack360 Degrees

Rone Sensor/Detector

RF detection & jamming

Wolfpack4x Dobermann

Directional Jammers

RF detection & video

RF detection, jamming & video

WolfpackJaeger EO/IR video

WolfpackJaeger EO/IR video

4x Dobermann

EagleJaeger EO/IR video

4x Watchdog DF (WD200)4x Dobermann (DB100)

Radar, RF detection, jamming & video

EagleJaeger EO/IR video

4xWatchdog DF (WD200)

Radar, RF detection, & video

Dismount

• Protecting dismounted soldiers

• Wearable RF sensors for alerting a unit on-the-move

• Wearable smart jammers

• Reduced SWAP-C & battery-driven

• Distributed sensors & jammers for better coverage

• Acoustics and visual threat information

• Networked sensors and data fusion for connection to HQ

Vehicle• Protecting vehicles and convoys on the move and at stand-still

• Mobile HQ capability for rapid C-UAS deployment

• Local situational awareness to share with other troops

• RF detection & jamming on-the-move

• Radar detection at stand-still

• Camera integration in vehicle

• Rapid reaction and surveillance drone

Peer Connection

• Increased situational awareness

by connecting multiple C-UAV

locations

• Connecting static and mobile

sites with dismounted soldiers

• Full awareness available at HQ

• “Detect – Track – Identify –

Mitigate“ across multiple peers

• Relevant information push to

peers

Vehicle installation reference

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Reference vehicle installation (General Dynamics)

Equipment

• 6x RF sensors (Watchdog)

• 6x RF jammers (Dobermann)

RF sensors

• ISM bands (433MHz, 2G4, 5G8) & WiFi (2G4, 5G)• Other bands can be customized

• RF direction finding (targeting) accuracy: <10°

• Detection & classification of UAS

RF jammers

• ISM bands (2G4, 5G8), WiFi (2G4, 5G), GNSS

• Output power: 10W peak / 2W avg.

• Smart reactive spot jamming

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2017: 1st integration: + 6 RF sensors + MyDefence C2-system

2018: 2nd integration: + 6 RF sensors with Direction Finding + 6 RF jammers + custom C2-system

The General Dynamics Light

Armoured Vehicle

Watchdog RF sensor

Dobbermann RF jammer

Vehicle user interface

Reference vehicle installation (General Dynamics)

Battle Management System / C2 integration

• All sensors and jammers integrated

• Sensor fusion (RF sensors, cameras, jammers)

• Quick threat assessment by RF signatures

• Quick response manual & automatic jamming modes

• RF alerts logged and recorded for post-mission reporting

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Worlds first C-UAS system of systems!

The MyDefence KNOX system in action

combined with GDLS LAV C-UAS

MyDefence Headquarter

C2, camera, RF sensors and

jammers

GDLS/MyDefence

C-UAS Vehicle

Drone

detected

Integration block diagram

WD200 PB101

Watchdog

RF sensorsDobermann

RF jammers

In vehicle display

RF

sensors

RF

Jammers

RadarC2

system

EO/IR

camera

Vehicle Headquarter

Iris

Situational awareness

Tactical

communication

link Tactical

radio

Tactical

radio

Network switch

with PoE+

AG100

Argos

C2 server

Conclusion

• Rising threats from enemy UAV’s

• Increasing market demand for C-UAV solutions

• MyDefence provides C-UAV solutions based on RF detection, jamming and C2-systems

• With previous references the MyDefence system can be integrated with all armoured vehicle solutions

• Can be combined with dismounted soldiers and headquarter fixed-site C-UAV equipment

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QUESTIONS?

Dan HermansenCo-founder & CEO at MyDefence Communication

M.Sc.EE & Former Reserve Officer in Royal Danish Airforce