The range of the system is enough to cover more than a third of the Moscow area within the Moscow Ring Road, that is, approximately 880 square kilometers.
The Russian University of Technology in Moscow has purchased for 4.5 million rubles a Canadian SkyEye radar to detect drones imported into the country, presumably to circumvent sanctions. Russian media agency “Ajans. News” reported this on Wednesday, November 15.
According to the contract, the Russian Technological University (RTU) announced the auction on May 11 and received the SkyEye radar on June 7. According to the government contract, the radar was supplied to the university by entrepreneur Maxim Susloparov. Attached to the document was a statement from the Eurasian Economic Union regarding the import of SkyEye systems from the Canadian manufacturer Skycope, which was acquired by the Moscow company Techcom in January 2023.
In contrast, Roman Rashimas, a sanctions enforcement lawyer for British company Zorge Partners Limited, told reporters that the SkyEye radar was subject to restrictions imposed by Canadian authorities. According to him, if the import of this equipment continues to this day, the restrictions imposed in September by the Export Enforcement Five organization, which includes Canada, the USA, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, will also be violated.
We should also point out that RTU made another tender simultaneously with the acquisition of SkyEye. At the end of June, the university purchased three Drone 1200 anti-drone weapons for 400 thousand rubles. The equipment is manufactured in China and the range of the anti-drone weapon is 1.2 km. It is not yet known whether RTU currently uses such equipment.
SkyEye radar: what is it?
Radar Canadian Skycope Technologies Inc. produced by the company. The manufacturer emphasizes that its equipment covers 360 degrees of airspace, and is also equipped with early warning functions and rapid detection of both quadcopter and aircraft type unmanned aerial vehicles.
SkyEye has the largest drone catalog available. We are talking about more than 350 drones, remote controls, FPV and telemetry devices, the list of which is updated monthly by an expert team. Canadian radar, which also has artificial intelligence, is capable of detecting even UAVs that are not in the virtual “filing cabinet”. High accuracy guarantees an almost complete absence of false alarms. The detector is also capable of distinguishing “friendly” drones from “enemy” drones.
The developers reported that the system, purchased by the university a year ago, was successfully tested by the Canadian Department of Defense during an exercise for companies developing counter-UAV systems, which also included representatives of the US Department of Defense. According to test results published by Skycope, the SkyEye system showed that it can simultaneously detect and track up to 14 drones over an area of up to 35 km. During the exercise, the radar was used together with the SkyGuard drone extinguishing system.
Radar is also capable of recording detection data for routine logging, detection timestamping, forensic evidence or analysis.
The detector is easy to install: it can be put into operating position within 5 minutes. Can be mounted on your own tripod or car. In all these cases, the operator will have multiple access to the device via smartphone, tablet or computer.
SkyEye technical specifications:
- weight – 9.5 kg;
- dimensions – 31.8 cm x 29.4 cm;
- power – 100V ~ 240V;
- dynamic range – 70dB;
- degree of protection against external factors – ≥IP66;
- operating temperature – (-25±2)°C to (+55±2)°C;
- detection technique – passive detection of radio frequency (RF) signals;
- range of action – up to 35 km;
- Frequency bands – ISM frequencies for consumer and commercial sectors.
At the end of October, it became known that sanctioned companies were supplying chips for missiles of the Russian Armed Forces. According to Russian journalists, despite sanctions, the Russian Federation continues to purchase imported components for weapons using smuggling schemes through intermediaries.
At the end of September, we wrote about how Russia was evading sanctions and how Europeans were helping the Kremlin produce weapons for the war in Ukraine. According to military expert Alexander Musienko, to solve this problem it is necessary to embargo the export of dual-use technologies to Russia.
Source: Focus
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