Russia has developed navigation for drones in extreme conditions

Russian developers from the Advanced Engineering School of the Southern Federal University (SFU) have created a correlation-extreme navigation system for drones. This was reported to Izvestia on February 12 in the SFU.

"The new development is a navigation system based on comparing images from both the visible range of conventional cameras and infrared cameras with reference electronic maps loaded on board. This allows us to fully receive navigation solutions in the absence of satellite signals," said Vladislav Khvorost, head of the laboratory for the design of on—board robotic systems at the SFU.

It is noted that various modifications will allow the drone to navigate the terrain even at night and in all weather conditions. The device will be designed, in particular, for severe weather conditions, where there is no satellite signal or it is unstable.

The project is being implemented in partnership with the Institute of Management Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences and within the framework of the national project "Unmanned Aircraft Systems," the SFU said. The communication system of the drone and the inertial navigation system installed on board are Russian. The rest of the components are manufactured in friendly countries.

The specialist explained that in the future, the developers intend to significantly increase the autonomy of the drone navigation system by introducing another type of image — radio images. This will make it possible to create a navigation system that is resistant to any external conditions. Fog, snow, rain, and time of day will no longer affect the quality of the radar image.

"We are currently preparing applications for projects related to unmanned aircraft systems: solving problems of detecting and tracking targets by groups, swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles using artificial intelligence," said Mikhail Medvedev, head of the Cyberphysical Platforms Division at SFU.

He noted that the developers also focus on conditions without communication, without navigation, on vision and AI systems.

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On February 5, it was reported that specialists from the Rostec state Corporation had developed a 30-millimeter cartridge with a shrapnel shell and a remotely controlled fuse to eliminate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The ammunition is designed to increase the likelihood of hitting small-sized drones and barrage ammunition. It was noted that the sighting system calculates the most advantageous detonation point depending on the flight path of the target.

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