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A Review of Counter-UAS Technologies for Cooperative Defensive Teams of Drones

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Castrillo, Vittorio Ugo, Manco, Angelo, Pascarella, Domenico, Gigante, Gabriella·2022·Drones

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In recent years, the drone market has had a significant expansion, with applications in various fields (surveillance, rescue operations, intelligent logistics, environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, inspection and measuring in the construction industry). Given their increasing use, the issues related to safety, security and privacy must be taken into consideration. Accordingly, the development of new concepts for countermeasures systems, able to identify and neutralize a single (or multiples) malicious drone(s) (i.e., classified as a threat), has become of primary importance. For this purpose, the paper evaluates the concept of a multiplatform counter-UAS system (CUS), based mainly on a team of mini drones acting as a cooperative defensive system. In order to provide the basis for implementing such a system, we present a review of the available technologies for sensing, mitigation and command and control systems that generally comprise a CUS, focusing on their applicability and suitability in the case of mini drones.

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Authors
Castrillo, V. U., Manco, A., Pascarella, D., & Gigante, G.
Affiliations
Italian Aerospace Research Centre (IT)
Corresponding author
Castrillo, Vittorio Ugo
Venue
Drones
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-03-01
Volume
6
Issue
3
Pages
65
ISSN
2504-446X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4214734027
Cited by
131
References
83
Citations by year
2026: 32 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 7
FWCI
11.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Drones (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › UAV Applications and Optimization
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Military Technology and Strategies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Military Defense Systems Analysis
Keywords
unmanned aerial vehicles, small unmanned aerial vehicles, collaborative defense, drone neutralization, sensor technology, command and control systems, drone security

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