Advanced Multiband Disruptor Released to Combat Jam-Resistant Drones

Rohde & Schwarz has launched ARDRONIS Effect, a new counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) multiband jamming solution built to protect personnel, infrastructure, and platforms from drone threats.

In response to rapidly evolving drone threats observed in conflicts around the world, ARDRONIS Effect is designed to disrupt jam-resistant drones or even armed drone swarms, even in the most contested and congested operating environments.

Controlled by proprietary Rohde & Schwarz ARDRONIS Control Center software, ARDRONIS Effect can be operated in a standalone configuration or combined with any of the standard systems from the ARDRONIS family. These include the ARDRONIS Detect, ARDRONIS Locate Compact, and ARDRONIS Locate Advanced systems, which when combined can detect, identify, track (both drone and pilot) and ultimately disrupt threats at the earliest opportunity.

ARDRONIS Effect can also be networked into any open-architecture counter-drone system-of-systems due to its ease of integration.

Rohde & Schwarz Product Manager for C-UAS Solutions, Jan Link, commented, “First person view (FPV) drone attacks across the modern battlespace has changed dramatically in recent years, specifically in terms of the type and number of radio frequencies used to control them. C-UAS operators need to have the capability to jam every potential frequency, even during swarm attacks with multiple drones operating on different frequencies.

“The main challenge of ARDRONIS Effect is to jam a wide area but in a way that is effective enough to stop the operation of weaponized FPVs or intelligence-gathering drones. This requires ARDRONIS Effect to jam simultaneously on multiple bands at high output power across the entire spectrum without gaps in time and frequency.”