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No mention of jamming technology at all? FPV drones all operate in a fairly narrow bit of 5GHz, it seems like it would be quite easy to jam the video feeds at t
by __alexs 3y ago
No mention of jamming technology at all? FPV drones all operate in a fairly narrow bit of 5GHz, it seems like it would be quite easy to jam the video feeds at the very least.
- ProjectArcturis 3y agoThis surprises me as well. Of course there are counter-counter measures like frequency hopping and directed antennas, but you won't find them on consumer-grade drones.
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoFrequency hopping can only help if there's frequency to hop to, and I'd imagine a military jammer would angrily spew as wide a band of noise it can to ensure everything is jammed. A tank with an omnidirectional antenna jamming -30dB (or more because it's not like FCC/similar regulations apply to the military in a war zone) would have a pretty decent RF bubble around it.
- ProjectArcturis 3y agoMaybe the tank signal jammer is what causes the loss of visual contact before detonation that the article describes.
- hyperific 3y agoThis. Just flying near a WiFi signal is enough to screw up my FPV video feed. You could also jam the 2.4GHz control signal and cause the drones to failsafe.
- bluescrn 3y agoThat'll work for now, until on-board AI can complete the mission on camera footage alone, no need for a control link or GPS
- denton-scratch 3y agoIt's pretty much just a software upgrade to make the things autonomous, isn't it?
- __alexs 3y agoThe processing capability of the drones is not that high. In the future we will likely have much higher autonomous capabilities in drones but we are not there today.