FIREFLY CUAS Passive Detector Swarm
Product Overview
As part of our FIREFLY Software Radio family of products, Syncopated is offering a multi-modal CUAS passive sensing solution that integrates acoustic and RF sensing capabilities to create a distributed wireless sensor network with ATAK application providing a cost-effective UAS detection and early warning system. The CUAS Detector is a low SWAP device (5.75 x 5.75 x 2 in, ~200g) which is powered by an internal USB rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery. The CUAS Detector can be deployed as a wearable system, a SUAS payload or as a distributed attritable ground sensing solution. The wearable system provides audio and haptic alerting. The CUAS Detector integrates a microphone array with our FIREFLY Software Defined Radio (SDR), providing acoustic and RF sensing, sensor fusion, and platform recognition at the edge.
specifications
| Acoustic Detector | 8-chan MEMS Microphone Array |
| RF Detector and Wireless Network | Dual-Band FIREFLY SDR (sub 1GHz, 2.4 GHz: see RF specs below) |
| RF Frequency Range: (Dual Band: sub 1GHz, and 2.4GHz) | ISM Option: 389.5-510MHz, 779-1020MHz, 2400-2485MHz Extended Range Option: 200-2485 |
| Instantaneous Bandwidth (IBW) | Tx: max 1MHz, Rx: max 2MHz |
| Tx Power | Up to 1W |
| Rx Noise Figure | < 5dB |
| Rx Sensitivity | -123dBm |
| RF Interfaces | RF1: sub 1 GHz, RF2: 2.4GHz (2x SMA) |
| GPS | Built-in commercial GNSS receiver (concurrent operation GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou). Antenna: Internal and External Options |
| Data Interfaces | USB (Ethernet option) |
| Battery | USB Rechargeable Li Ion |
| Dimensions | 5.75 x 5.75 x 2 in |
| Weight | ~200g |
The CUAS Detector can be deployed as part of a distributed CUAS Detector swarm to provide collaborative sensing across
a distributed wireless sensor network to improve accuracy and location information.
Acoustic Detector: The acoustic CUAS detection and platform recognition capability uses machine learning algorithms
trained on the acoustic signature of the platforms. The acoustic signature includes time-frequency spectrogram features as well as cepstral features. The multi-channel microphone array provides a direction-finding capability as well as improves detection range.
RF Detector: The RF CUAS Detector provides signal detection and recognition of common UAS C2, data and telemetry links and specific modulation recognition (GFSK, QPSK, OFDM, etc.).
On-Board Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion: The embedded microcontroller features an ARM Cortex-M55 processor and a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) for energy-efficient AI inference at the edge. The processor is responsible for audio and RF signal processing including data conditioning, feature extraction, multi-modal sensor fusion and AI inference.
Collaborative Geolocation Swarm and ATAK Application: The ATAK application aggregates data from across the distributed CUAS Detector swarm and displays the acoustic signal strength at each sensor location creating a heatmap to capture the threat range and direction.
RF Detector: The RF CUAS Detector provides signal detection and recognition of common UAS C2, data and telemetry links and specific modulation recognition (GFSK, QPSK, OFDM, etc.).
On-Board Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion: The embedded microcontroller features an ARM Cortex-M55 processor and a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) for energy-efficient AI inference at the edge. The processor is responsible for audio and RF signal processing including data conditioning, feature extraction, multi-modal sensor fusion and AI inference.
Collaborative Geolocation Swarm and ATAK Application: The ATAK application aggregates data from across the distributed CUAS Detector swarm and displays the acoustic signal strength at each sensor location creating a heatmap to capture the threat range and direction.
Interested in FIREFLY CUAS Passive Detector Swarm?
Syncopated Engineering is a creative solution provider of software-driven capabilities and purpose-built
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.