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EW Resilience & RF Silence
All transmitters can be deactivated mid-flight. Full functionality in GNSS-denied, jammed and air-gapped environments — no datalink, no satellite fix, no cloud.
Electronic warfare has made the datalink an unreliable assumption. AKINAK-AG is built so that nothing essential depends on it.
What happens in an EW zone
- EW zone engaged. The drone enters an active electronic-warfare zone. The radio link is jammed and GNSS is denied. A conventional FPV drone is blind and uncontrollable.
- RF emissions off. The AKINAK-AG module activates. All transmitters are deactivated, so the drone stops emitting for RF monitoring to find. Onboard AI takes over with zero radio emissions.
- Onboard guidance. The onboard camera searches, classifies and locks the assigned target and presents it to the operator. Only once the operator has authorised engagement does the module maintain lock and terminal guidance on its own.
Flying through an EW zone
The link-loss sequence below is how the module keeps a drone flying when it loses the operator on the way to the work area.
- Approach. The operator flies the drone towards the work area. An active EW zone lies on the route.
- Video lost, then control. Video goes first. The operator climbs to try to get the picture back, and then loses control as well. A conventional FPV drone is lost at this point.
- Link loss detected. The module registers that no operator commands have arrived for longer than the set timeout and takes over in cruise mode, so the drone keeps flying instead of falling.
- Link-loss behaviour, chosen before flight:
- Climb — gain altitude to re-establish the link with the operator.
- Hold course — continue on the heading the operator was flying at the last moment of contact.
- Hybrid — climb first; if the link does not come back, continue on the last heading.
- Operator decides. Detection and tracking run onboard throughout. When the operator is back in contact, they see what the module has detected and locked, and terminal guidance starts only after they authorise it.
Any engagement decision requires explicit operator authorisation — by architecture, not by policy.
The link-loss timeout and behaviour are set in the module’s menu before flight. Configuration details are provided with the evaluation kit.
RF-silent and offline
- All transmitters can be deactivated mid-flight.
- Full functionality in GNSS-denied, jammed and air-gapped environments.
- No cloud, ever.
In operational use with Ukrainian forces — ground targets.
EW Resilience & RF Silence: questions
Does the module need a radio link to work?
No. All transmitters can be deactivated mid-flight. Detection, tracking, navigation and — after operator authorisation — terminal guidance all run onboard, so the module keeps working when the link is jammed or switched off.
What happens when the drone loses the link in an EW zone?
The module detects that operator commands have stopped and takes over in cruise mode, so the drone keeps flying instead of falling. It then follows the link-loss behaviour set before flight — climb to re-establish the link, hold the last heading, or climb first and then hold the heading. Terminal guidance still starts only after explicit operator authorisation.
Can the link-loss behaviour be configured?
Yes. The link-loss timeout and the behaviour — climb, hold course or hybrid — are set in the module's menu before flight.
Has it been used under real electronic warfare?
Yes. AKINAK-AG is in operational use with Ukrainian forces against ground targets, on FPV platforms operating under active electronic warfare.