Master thesis : Study and Design of UAS Jamming Systems

Abstract

Drones are today's main disruptive technology, and will continue to dominate the future of flight. Spanning wide ranges of sizes and shapes, drones are very versatile, and can be used for various applications, ranging from State and Public applications, to Industrial ones, throught commercial, and even recreational, ones.

The various advantages of drones, under which (i) a relative low cost, (ii) an arguably long operation range, (iii) reduced risks to human life in some situations, etc., led to their mass production, and even integration into regular military plannings.

Despite their advantages, drones pose some oversight and regulation challenges, primarily due to their dual-use: the combination of cheapness with user friendliness led that technology to nefarious usages, such as air traffic perturbation, nuclear power plant overflights, and even terrorist attacks.

To mitigate, or even prevent, the risks posed by rogue drones, some regularisations have been established by States and regularisation bodies. However, even with regularisations, their enforcement remain a challenge, hence the need the effective and efficient countermeasures. This work is part of this context, in which some jamming strategies have been investigated and implemented, so as to act as nondestructive countermeasures.