Rostec has successfully tested the anti-electronic warfare system "Sickle-VS"MOSCOW, Feb 10 – RIA Novosti.
In Russia, at one of the fuel and energy complex enterprises, the anti-electronic warfare systems "Sickle-VS" were successfully tested in real conditions, which completely excluded the appearance of intruder drones in the protected area, Rostec reported.
In December, the state corporation reported that its company "Roselectronics" had delivered the first batch of new systems for suppressing the "Sickle-VS" drones to the facilities of the fuel and energy complex.
"Roselectronics Holding of Rostec State Corporation has completed the test operation of the Serp-VS drone suppression systems at the facility of the fuel and energy complex of Russia. The devices installed on the industrial territory of the oil company made it possible to exclude the appearance of intruder drones in the protected area," the release says.
They clarified that the "Sickle-SV" was developed by the Vector Research Institute (part of Roselektronika) and is capable of suppressing the communication, control and navigation channels of drones. "Sickle" affects both the signals of global navigation satellite systems – GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and Beidou – and the control signals of UAVs in the 2.4 and 5.6 GHz bands used in Wi-Fi networks.
The complex can operate autonomously at a remote position and protect both mobile and stationary objects. One of the advantages of the "Sickle-VS" is the ability to suppress drones at 360⁰ along the horizontal axis, Rostec added.
As noted by Andrey Sorokin, Director of Business Development at Vector Research Institute, following the results of the two-month test operation of the Sickle-VS device, the stated characteristics were fully confirmed, allowing to neutralize the risks of the appearance of third-party UAVs in the perimeter of the protected area.
He added that a number of other industrial companies have shown interest in the product. "Negotiations are currently underway on the supply of complexes," Sorokin said.
