Technological advances are bringing new capabilities and functionalities to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), which are most suited for deploying weapons where the possibility of self-inflicted damage from induced skin currents and electromagnetic interference is far from trivial. These advances are bringing UAVs to the point where they can be feasible, cost-effective alternatives to their manned counterparts in an ever-increasing number of mission sets. UAVs are now at the crossroads where growing technological capabilities are beginning to meet operational requirements. One of the technologies discussed is Directed Energy Weapons (DEW). In a not-too-distant future, weaponized UAVs are expected to deploy DEWs, such as high-powered microwave (HPM) weapons systems aimed at disabling enemy radars and weapons with electronic sensors.Click here to read a recent series of articles on this topic.
UAVs with Directed Energy Weapons Must Survive Self-Inflected EMI
