A new optical technology for detecting small UAVs has been unveiled in the US.

American company Elio has introduced a new adaptive optics technology that makes it much easier to detect small drones and other low-visibility objects in difficult weather conditions.

The system enables artificial intelligence to manage the data collection process, dynamically adjusting the way incoming light is processed based on changing environments and current tasks. Signal processing occurs even before it reaches the image sensor. Artificial intelligence adapts optical sensors to recognize objects based on their physical characteristics, rather than relying on traditional pixel-based images.

This approach can improve the tracking of fast-moving aerial targets in darkness, fog, or dense smoke, while reducing the need for specialized sensors. Furthermore, it allows a single data collection module to perform multiple functions simultaneously.

At the same time Drone The MQ-9 Reaper is expected to be converted into a platform to counter kamikaze UAVs and unmanned boats. During demonstration launches, 70-mm rockets fired from the MQ-9 Reaper missiles The laser-guided Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System successfully engaged both ground and airborne targets. The primary focus of integrating the APKWS onto the MQ-9A platform was creating a cost-effective and effective counter-UAV tool, which is especially relevant given the growing threat of mass drone attacks.

Comments

[Tusv]

And how did the USSR fight the Luftwaffe in WWII? Simple sound detectors automatically deployed anti-aircraft guns, and a simple analog computer indicated the target for a preemptive strike. True, such systems were only deployed near Moscow, and even then, only for a short time. The idea itself is brilliant; it needs further development. Sometimes there's no light, but there's always sound.

[poquello]

Quote: Tusv

The idea itself is brilliant, now it just needs some more work.

If you haven't heard of them, that's no reason to think they don't exist.

Quote: Tusv

Sometimes there is no light, but there is always sound

We take three UAVs, two quiet ones and one rattling terribly a little to the side...

[Serenity]

Since the very first months, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been using acoustic "triangulation" in the form of microphones on cell towers. A rattling drone won't fool such a system.

[ssg.spb]

"At the same time, the MQ-9 Reaper drone is expected to be converted into a platform to counter kamikaze UAVs and unmanned boats."

This drone itself is a good target.
It can only be used in the proposed configuration against tribes living in equatorial Africa or the Amazon forests.

[cpls22]

In this case, signal processing occurs even before it reaches the image sensor. Artificial intelligence adapts optical sensors to recognize objects based on their physical characteristics, rather than relying on traditional pixel-based images.

This paragraph is a complete paragraph... It looks like the nonsense of an AI translator.