SUAS Drone Tracker System
Product Overview
Our SUAS Drone Tracker System tracks multiple drones from several ground systems over a robust, interference-tolerant, spread spectrum wireless telemetry link that supports in-band (ISM), as well as out-of-band (non-ISM), frequency channels. The system includes very low-SWaP SUAS Trackers (transmitters) that use multiple GNSS technologies (GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo) to broadcast the position of the drone to multiple ground systems. The ground systems include higher performing Ground Control Stations (GCS) capable of tracking large numbers (100s) of drones with the SUAS Tracker Application, and lower cost Ground Terminals that support real-time tracking, and search and recovery support via an ATAK Plug-in.
System Features
- Simultaneously tracks multiple drones (>=10)
- Support for in-band (ISM) and out-of-band
(200 – 2400 MHz) frequency channels - Long-Range (>=20km) Low Power (<=1W)
Communications - Modular Software Defined Radio (SDR) design
- Very low SWAP-C (less than 170 grams)
- Long battery life
Ground Terminal
The Ground Terminal provides real-time drone position information to the SUAS Tracker Application or SUAS Tracker ATAK plug-in enabling display on a real-time map.
Ground Control Station
The SUAS Tracker GCS leverages our proven CIELO Cognitive Radio to provide a high-performance GCS capable of concurrently receiving 100s of SUAS Drone Wireless Telemetry links.
Out-of-Band Tracker
The SUAS Out-of-Band Tracker provides an extended frequency range outside of typical ISM frequency bands and supports drone position update rates of up to 10 Hz.
ISM Micro Tracker
The SUAS ISM Micro Tracker has been specifically designed to support Group 1 UAS platforms and includes various mounting features.
High-Speed Tracker
The SUAS High-Speed Tracker provides an extended frequency range outside of typical ISM frequency bands and supports position update rates of up to 20 Hz enabling tracking of high-speed drones.
System Use Cases
| Tracking Mode | Track multiple drones from one or more ground terminals and display drone location on a real-time map. Supports higher drone position update rates over user defined tracking duration (typically 4-6 hrs). - Standard Tracker: 1 to 10 Hz - High-Speed Tracker: 20 Hz |
| Search Mode | Search for drones that have wandered off course and display drone and ground terminal location on a real-time map. Provides lower drone position update rate of once per minute over longer durations (~48 hrs). Automatically enters search mode after tracking mode duration has expired. |
System Components
| SUAS Tracker | Low-SWaP SDR transmits drone position and velocity information over LPI/LPD spread spectrum wireless telemetry link. - Out-of-Band Tracker (Extended Freq Range, up to 10 Hz position update rate) - High-Speed Tracker (Extended Freq Range, up to 20 Hz position update rate) - ISM Micro Tracker (ISM bands, smaller SWaP, up to 10 Hz position update rate) |
| Ground Terminal | Low-SWaP SDR simultaneously receives and decodes multiple SUAS tracker wireless telemetry streams. Provides real-time SUAS track information to SUAS Tracker Application or ATAK Plug-In. |
| Ground Control Station | Leverages our proven CIELO Cognitive Radio to provide a high-performance GCS capable of concurrently receiving 100s of SUAS Drone Wireless Telemetry links. Provides real-time drone position information to SUAS Tracker App and is capable of sending command and control messages to the swarm. |
| SUAS Tracker Application | Platform agnostic software application provides SUAS tracker device management and configuration, spectrum management, real-time data collection via ground terminals, position track history analysis and export to variety of commercial mapping applications. |
| ATAK Plug-In | Real-time mapping application that displays SUAS track information as provided by ground terminal. |
Interested in Our SUAS Tracker System?
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embedded systems for wireless communications, signal processing, and machine learning.
Our solutions enable you to start further down the development path, reducing time-to-market and allowing you to focus on your innovative solution. Unlike most vendors, customization of our products for your specific needs is embraced not discouraged.
Our solutions enable you to start further down the development path, reducing time-to-market and allowing you to focus on your innovative solution. Unlike most vendors, customization of our products for your specific needs is embraced not discouraged.