Empower RF has developed a full-line of basic function and smart function module blocks for customers who need to integrate power amplifiers into their C-UAS systems. Commercial drones represent a rapidly growing, low-cost, high-reward surveillance and attack threat to military and civilian personnel and infrastructure. Countering UAS (C-UAS) consists of three subsystems: detecting, identifying, and defeating the drone threat. Defeating the drone(s) requires either a kinetic response, directed energy response or an electromagnetic response. For this reason, Empower RF Systems amplifiers are very useful in the defeat role of drone threats using electromagnetic response.
Empower RF Systems’ power amplifiers, when integrated into Counter-UAS systems, serve the following purposes:
- Jamming the communications links between the operator and the aircraft
- Jamming its GPS link
- Spoofing/take over solution
Empower RF Power Amplifiers for C-UAS and C-sUAS systems are available as Dismounted/Handheld Systems, Fixed/Semi-Fixed Systems and Mounted/Mobile Systems. These products are reliable, tactically proven and can be customized based on the requirement. Here is a list of amplifiers that can be used for C-UAS Systems.
Empower Modules in C-UAS systems
| Part Number | Start
(MHz) | Stop
(MHz) | Pout
(Watt) | Gain
(dB) | Modulation
Type | Size
(Inch) |
|---|
| BBM2E4AFL | 20 | 1000 | 30 | 44 | CW/FM/AM | 6.4x3.4x1.1 |
| BBM2E4AJP | 20 | 1000 | 80 | 49 | CW/FM/AM | 6.4x3.4x1.1 |
| BBM2E4AKO | 20 | 1000 | 100 | 53 | CW/FM/AM | 7.0x4.0x1.2 |
| BBM3K5KKO | 500 | 2500 | 100 | 50 | CW/FM/AM | 7.4x3.6x1.06 |
| 1211 | 500 | 2500 | 100 | 57 | CW/FM/AM/Pulse | 7.0 x 4.0 x 1.1 |
| 1208 | 500 | 2700 | 100 | 50 | CW/FM/AM | 8.2x3.6x1.06 |
| 1219 | 500 | 6000 | 25 | 62 | CW/FM/AM/Pulse | 7.0x4.0x1.1 |
| 1212 | 2000 | 6000 | 50 | 61 | CW/FM/AM | 7.0 x 4.0 x 1.1 |
| 1215 | 2000 | 6000 | 80 | 61 | CW/FM/AM | 9.0 x 5.0 x 1.1 |
These power amplifiers deliver an output power of more than 30 W with a gain of 62 dB over a frequency range from 20 to 6000 MHz. They require a DC supply of over 28 V and are available in enclosures that measure 8.2 x 3.6 x 1.1 inches.
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