According to a PR published by HENSOLDT on December 8, 2022, the firm and Aero Network DMI announce their collaboration in the field of Situational Awareness of drones for helicopter crews.
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Helicopter's cabin. (Picture source: Hensoldt)
The CLEARDRONE detector, a product of Aero Network DMI, is a handy mobile device that can be easily stowed. It detects drones at a distance of up to four kilometres.
By connecting a dongle to the RN7 DMG, the EuroNav system is now able to receive drone alerts from the detector and display them on its moving map. The connection of both systems is wireless, so that the detector can be stowed anywhere in the cabin. The information received enables drones in the same local airspace to be displayed, increasing the cockpit crew's situational awareness.
Although the 2.4 Ghz and 5.8 Ghz frequency bands are used by countless transmitters, CLEARDRONE's detector reliably recognises a consumer drone by the frequency pattern it emits.
HENSOLDT's EuroNav system visualises the distances of the detected drone and displays them in various gradations, giving the pilot sufficient time to make a decision on whether to continue the flight.
To ensure that future drone models can also be reliably detected, the artificial intelligence on board the detector is constantly being further developed and kept up to date.
