Ensuring electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) for UAVs in a metropolitan area

Abstract

Since the mid-2000s, reports began to regularly appear in the media about the unauthorized use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in specially controlled areas: at airports, at military facilities, against critical industrial infrastructure, etc. The use of UAVs in urban environments adds the problem of noisy communication channels, and increases the risk of system failures, since not only the devices themselves, but also people or private property may be damaged. These factors raise the problem of electromagnetic compatibility of navigation, communication and information storage devices used. Currently, small UAVs are widely used for unauthorized surveillance of important objects, carrying out terrorist attacks and sabotage, carrying prohibited cargo (weapons, drugs), as well as in military affairs. In this regard, the task of countering UAVs, and especially small UAVs, has become urgent. At the same time, the problem of EMC of UAVs, and, in particular, small UAVs, is extremely complex, multifaceted and has not yet been effectively solved.