Bukovel (counter unmanned aircraft system)

The Bukovel-AD (Ukrainian: Буковель-AD) is a Ukrainian anti-drone electronic warfare system.

Description

The Bukovel-AD is a counter-unmanned aircraft system (CUAS) produced by the Ukrainian firm Proximus. It is designed to detect unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at up to 100 km range and jam data transmission between the UAV and its controllers at 20 km. It can block GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and Beidou positioning systems. The system can be mounted on various vehicles, as well as on tripods and takes two minutes to deploy.^[1]

Operational history

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have used the Bukovel-AD in the war in Donbass, bringing down Russian Orlan-10 drones.^[2]^[3]

Operators

Ukraine

Armed Forces of Ukraine - several dozen units in service.^[4]

Morocco

Royal Moroccan Army^[5]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bukovel-AD.

^ "Ukrainian Bukovel EW-systems deployed near the border". Ukrainian Military Pages. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
^ "UAWire - Ukrainian military command: Russian Orlan-10 military drone fell in the Donbas". www.uawire.org. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
^ "New Ukrainian radiolocation stations knock out Russian drones". 11 July 2018.
^ "ЗСУ придбала вже кілька десятків українських мобільних комплексів РЕБ "Буковель-АD"". Defense Express. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
^ "Morocco buys Ukrainian Bukovel AD counter drone system". Army Recognition. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

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