A Ukrainian drone technology company presented an alternative to GPS navigation.
Sine. The system has built engineering to counter the electronic warfare of Russia that devastated the GPS signals.
In order to avoid the interference, Sinus invented a satellite -free replacement.
The approach is inspired by TOF methods (flight) that began to pursue aircraft long before GPS's advent.
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In contrast to GPS, TOF systems do not rely on satellites. Instead, measure the time that requires a signal between a transmitter and a destination.
As part of Sinus, the calculations come from a communication module for drones.
The module is smaller than a playing card and has signals with a floor station and two beacons. Then it measures how long the signals take to travel.
As the Beacons and the floor station know, static coordinates, the software can precisely determine the coordinates of a drone. And since the module is carried out on several bandwidths, the aircraft can escape that aims at certain frequencies.
It is crucial that the system is also relatively cheap. By providing affordable accuracy, Sinus plans to accelerate the transition from Ukraine to autonomous drones.
The country's armed forces supported the plans. You have already used the Sinus module in military operations.
New route for drones
According to Sinus, the system is already active in intelligence, surveillance and education.
The next goal is drones of the first person view (FPV) – Cheap but effective aircraft with cameras that send the film material to remote pilots.
The tests at the FPVs started last month.
“We expect Battlefield in the near future,” Andriy Chulyk, CEO and co-founder of Sine told TNW by email.
In addition to autonomous FPVs, Chulyk Plans to support swarm operations. “Our technology enables coordinated flights of several drones so that you can act as coherent units,” he said.
However, autonomy is not the only goal. The sines module also aims to reduce the entry barriers for human pilots of unmanned aircraft.
“It simplifies the drone operation significantly through automation and intuitive control interfaces similar to consumer roar like Mavic.” Said chulyk.
This positioning function is built into the core communication module. Credit: sinus.engineering
Go onto the market
Sinus was founded in 2022 to counter the Russian drone operations. While the air combat developed, the startup began to explore new navigation systems.
Due to the widespread jamming and spoofing, GPS had become a critical susceptibility. At the same time, cheap FPV drones transformed the battlefields. Nevertheless, their positioning systems lacked sophistication.
The founders of Sine decided to build an affordable upgrade.
Their invention promises to improve navigation, to expand autonomy and to withdraw electronic warfare.
According to Chulyk, such improvements become essential.
“Without reliable navigation functions, the transition to autonomous operations – necessary for true scalability – remains unreachable,” he said.
“This creates a critical gap in the modern warfare, in which the possibility of using a large number of autonomous platforms could offer decisive advantages.”
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