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6 operational scenariosThe problem is in the field. Here is how to solve it.
Six scenarios we build products for: what gets in the way, how we deal with it, which products it takes — and a diagram of who stands where, and how far apart.
- scenarios — from the aircraft to the command post
- 6
- the whole UVS Link path to the Ground station
- up to 50 km
- UVS FPV Scanner search range with a LibreSDR
- 70–6000 MHz
- emitter profiles in the UVS Detector library
- 360+
01 · Reconnaissance beyond the horizon
Video from the aircraft — even behind the hill
How do you keep the picture when the aircraft goes behind terrain or a tree line?
The problem
A reconnaissance aircraft flies far, and line of sight to the ground station disappears behind terrain, tree lines or buildings. The link drops exactly where it matters most.
How we deal with it
UVS Link puts the relay in the air: the Repeater flies on its own drone, keeps line of sight to the aircraft and passes the encrypted stream on to the Ground station.
- X-band air link: about 18.5 km with the 2 W amplifier (ground test), up to 40 km with 5 W.
- From the Repeater to the Ground station, about another 10 km; the whole link reaches up to 50 km.
- The Repeater holds no key: it relays the stream without decrypting it — even a captured Repeater can’t open the picture.
Next UVS Link Pro — a next-generation X-band link for reconnaissance UAVs; in development, range is a design target.
02 · FPV under EW
FPV operations where the usual bands are jammed
What do you do when video on 1.2 / 2.4 / 5.8 GHz breaks up under jamming?
The problem
Most production UAV video links work on 1.2 / 2.4 / 3.3 / 5.8 GHz — and that is where most jamming is aimed. The picture breaks up and the operator loses the aircraft.
How we deal with it
UVS Link moves the air link into X-band, away from the bands EW jams en masse.
- X-band jammers exist, but they need significantly more power and cost more — so they are deployed point by point, not as continuous coverage.
- The link hops frequencies in a secret sequence derived from your key: without the key, the next frequency can’t be predicted.
- The link itself adds about 20 ms (bench median) from a finished frame to the Ground station output; telemetry over MAVLink, MSP, CRSF and DisplayPort OSD.
03 · Airspace watch
See what an enemy FPV sees
Is something flying your way — and what is it filming right now?
The problem
Analogue FPV drones transmit their video in the clear. Whoever receives it sees the same picture as the pilot on the other side. But there is no time to hunt for the transmitter by hand, channel by channel.
How we deal with it
UVS FPV Scanner sweeps the spectrum by itself, finds an analogue FPV video transmitter, retunes to it and shows the picture on an HDMI monitor.
- By default the whole 70–6000 MHz range, not just the standard FPV channels; custom presets of up to 8 bands for the frequencies in your sector.
- Colour NTSC or PAL video, with a spectrum and waterfall below it and a list of found transmitters with their signal levels beside it.
- Runs on your own hardware — a Raspberry Pi 5 and a LibreSDR; a backup HackRF One takes over the picture in about 30 seconds.
04 · Radio monitoring
Who is on the air nearby — and whose signal it is
Which links are active around the command post?
The problem
The air around a position is drone control, video, tactical radio and EW all at once. One instrument per step won’t untangle it, and no operator can watch the screen around the clock.
How we deal with it
UVS Detector runs the full cycle in one station: it sweeps, detects, classifies the modulation, identifies the emitter and, where possible, decodes.
- 24 modulation classes and 360+ emitter profiles, with a separate layer of 105 hostile ones. Ukrainian systems are in the database too, so a friendly signal is not automatically flagged as hostile.
- Recognises the links drones fly on: ExpressLRS, TBS Crossfire, FrSky, FlySky, digital and analogue FPV video.
- Direction finding — from a single SDR to a coherent array of 2–6 receivers, with TDOA between stations. Scheduled watch and trigger recording — with no operator at the screen.
05 · No GPS
Position and targets — from the camera on board
How do you hold position when GPS is jammed or spoofed and there is no link to the ground?
The problem
EW jams or spoofs GPS, and the link to the ground can disappear. The aircraft loses its position, and the operator loses their eyes.
How we deal with it
UVS Vision computes everything on board: it matches the camera frame against a pre-loaded satellite map to find its position, and in search mode finds hardware in the imagery.
- GPS-denied navigation: position comes from which map tile the camera is looking at — no external signal at all.
- Sector scan: each frame is sliced into tiles no larger than 100 × 100 m, a fast detector searches, a verifier confirms the class — then real-time tracking.
- Classes: aircraft and armoured vehicles. The module runs on its own, or on an aircraft that already carries UVS Link.
06 · Video out
The picture goes straight to the PC — and to where decisions are made
How do you get video from the aircraft into a computer and command systems without adapters?
The problem
Video from the aircraft is not only for the pilot: it has to reach a PC, the ground control station and situational-awareness systems — without drivers or improvised converters.
How we deal with it
The UVS Link Ground station hands the video over USB as an ordinary webcam and streams it over Ethernet into external systems; flight-controller telemetry goes to the PC.
- USB: a computer sees the station as a standard USB camera (UVC) — no drivers. The UVS application shows video and telemetry.
- Telemetry over MAVLink, MSP, CRSF and DisplayPort OSD — for Betaflight, iNav, PX4 and ArduPilot; over Ethernet, video into QGroundControl.
- Several aircraft per station: if the pinned aircraft’s signal drops, the station switches to another by itself and restores the video as soon as the signal returns. The station itself only receives and never transmits.
07 · Match
The task decides the product
Which of our products works in your scenario?
The products work alone or together: UVS Vision goes on an aircraft that already carries UVS Link, while UVS Detector and UVS FPV Scanner only listen.
- 01Video from the aircraft — even behind the hill
- 02FPV operations where the usual bands are jammed
- 03See what an enemy FPV sees
- 04Who is on the air nearby — and whose signal it is
- 05Position and targets — from the camera on board
- 06The picture goes straight to the PC — and to where decisions are made
Your scenario isn’t here?
Describe the task — we will match a product or work out the integration together with your engineering team.