defense electronics maker L3Harris is reprogramming its widely used Falcon IV handheld radio. Branded as Wraith Shield, the capability doesn’t require any new hardware, the company said, just a software upgrade to the existing Wraith communications waveform, which is compatible with over 100,000 Falcon IV radios in service worldwide. To run the Wraith waveform — developed in 2022-2023 with extensive input from Ukraine, the company said — the Falcon radio already has to scan the airwaves for signals, figure out which ones are friendly radios also using Wraith, form a local ad hoc network, and transmit signals back.Wraith Shield adds the capability to identify which signals an enemy is using to control their drones, share that data over the local network, and coordinate all the radios on the local net to broadcast (in essence) white noise on the same channel, scrambling the control signal. Depending on the individual drone’s programming, a lost control link might cause some drones to circle aimlessly overhead, others to automatically return to base, and still others to outright crash.L3Harris says the current version of Wraith Shield can coordinate simultaneous jamming from 40 Falcon radios at once, roughly enough to equip an infantry platoon, but L3Harris engineers are aiming to amp that number to 100 radios at once in a future update. Wraith Shield can also share data on the drone threats it’s detected with command posts or more powerful counter-drone systems.
>>65157880>the capability doesn’t require any new hardware, the company said, just a software upgrade to the existing Wraith communications waveformThat's how SDRs work, dipshit.
>>65157880>Believes bullshit SIGINT claimsYeah, that hardware doesn't have the horsepower to pick-off and dynamically triangulate a mobile/portable COFDM control signals located in noisiest fucking bandwidth in the entire radio spectrum. That's a load of bullshit. No ruggedized handheld is worth a shit at doing that in the field. SDR radios have shitty front-end filters, so their sensitivity is utter trash and no amount of bullshit 'software filtering' solves that problem in an overwhelming noise-floor. I can't believe these assholes are still using those stupid fucking vaporware "selling points" after 20 years of field experience proved that it's utter bullshit. Maybe it still works on brainlets with more money than sense.
