Ukrainian company CODE380 develops drone detector D·Vision SDR
Kyiv-based CODE380 has created the D·Vision SDR drone detector, which intercepts radio signals from Russian drones and converts them into real-time video. The software-based device has undergone combat and field trials with Ukrainian military units.
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- CODE380 developed the D·Vision SDR drone detector in Kyiv.
- The device converts intercepted Russian drone signals into real-time video.
- D·Vision SDR scans frequencies from 500 to 8700 MHz.
- It has passed combat and field trials with Ukrainian military units.
- The detector's software is updated approximately twice a month.
- Program-based signal processing allows the detector to adapt when drone frequencies change.
- Decoded footage lets ground operators see what a drone is observing and assess whether they are its target.
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Decoded drone footage allows ground operators to determine what a drone is watching and whether they are its target. Frequent software updates and programmable signal processing help the detector adapt to the rapidly changing frequencies and radio behaviour of drones, while combat and field trials show that it has already been used under operational conditions.
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Kyiv-based CODE380 developed D·Vision SDR, a software-defined radio detector that scans the radio spectrum from 500 to 8700 MHz for signals characteristic of drones. It uses SDR technology to process intercepted radio signals and transform them into images in real time. Unlike detectors based on analogue receivers, its analysis depends on software that receives updates approximately twice a month. This approach allows developers to adapt signal processing when drone frequencies change. The system has passed combat and field trials with Ukrainian military units, with feedback from those trials incorporated into its development. Decoded video can show ground operators what a drone is observing, helping them assess whether they are the target.
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Ukrainian sources emphasise the practical use of D·Vision SDR in combat and field conditions, its adaptability to changing drone frequencies and its ability to display drone footage to operators. They also connect the development with Ukrainian military units and the rapid changes in drone-control methods, frequencies and telemetry observed in Ukraine.
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Drone-control methods, frequencies and telemetry in Ukraine change almost weekly, while Russian drones continually alter their radio behaviour. Research published in the Sensors journal in 2022 described radio-frequency detection on SDR platforms as one of the most adaptive methods for detecting small drones. Sergei Beskrestnov said that Molnia-type drones use the 4.1–4.5 GHz video band, particularly 4.3–4.5 GHz, frequencies that most electronic detection systems detect poorly.