Ukrainian Developers Compete in Hackathon to Create Anti-Drone Technologies
4 December, 2024 Jammer Hackathon event. December 2024. Ukraine.
Photo credits: Brave1 Ukraine hosted the Jammer Hackathon, during which developers created electronic solutions to counter drones. According to the Brave1 cluster, the hackathon was held jointly with the D3 investment fund.
The hackathon involved over 70 participants, working in more than 25 teams for three days to develop solutions. Participants focused on preventing and disrupting the operation of commercial drones, such as the Dji Mavic 3 or Autel 4T, which are most commonly used by the Russian forces. The goal was to interfere with these drones through cyberattacks, targeting control protocols and UAV components.
Jammer Hackathon event.
December 2024. Ukraine. Photo credits: Brave1
Other issues addressed included automating the detection of FPV and anonymized commercial drones, direction finding, and automatic tracking.
The teams showing the best progress in the coming month will be eligible for an additional prize fund of £50,000. The winners of the hackathon were the following teams that received the following prizes:
- The project of suppression of control signals / video transmission - £ 20,000.
- The Himera team with the project of the reactive electronic warfare system "FORT" - £10,000.
- The Pugach team with a means of detecting and spoofing FPV video - £7,000.
- Phantom Defense team with an algorithm for detecting and suppressing UAV control channels and video - £7,000
The SPRMT team with a system for supporting radio monitoring solutions for UAV direction finding and countermeasures - £7,000.
Currently, over 50 manufacturers in Ukraine are working on developing more than 100 electronic warfare (EW) and electronic intelligence systems.
Jammer Hackathon event. December 2024. Ukraine.
Photo credits: Brave1
Ukrainian companies receive active support from Brave1 (a cluster for the development of military technologies in Ukraine) in codifying their products.
The development of electronic warfare and electronic warfare equipment is a response to threats on the front line.
EW systems from the Kvertus company.
Photo credits: Militarnyi
Much attention is now being paid to short-range electronic warfare, which must combat FPV and drones that drop explosives while hovering over the military.