Application of Cost-Effective Acoustic Intelligence to Protect Critical Facilities from Drone Attacks

Abstract

Unauthorized use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UA Vs) for surveillance of important objects, carrying out terrorist attacks and sabotage, throwing prohibited objects (weapons, drugs) has updated the search for cost-effective and technically feasible solutions to counter UA Vs. An analysis of materials on this topic showed that the effectiveness of defeating all types of UA Vs by existing means of air defense and electronic warfare is quite high. However, the problem of countering small UA Vs, based on the experience of the war in Ukraine, is not resolved. The purpose of the article is to analyze the UA V, as an object of detection and countermeasures, using acoustic means of airspace control with minimal economic costs. The article presents the results of the analysis of the UAVas an object of detection and the issuance of target designations by means of acoustic observation.