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The Small and Silent Force Multiplier: A Swarm UAV—Electronic Attack

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At the last two decades, according to UAVs concepts and technological advances, there have been lots of unimagined improvements. Nowadays there are serious works and researches about the usage of UAVs in military operations at electronic warfare (EW) missions. But most of the work on UAV platforms is based upon the advantages of a single, big, expensive, and non-expendable platform. In this study, to get rid off the disadvantages of a stand alone platform a new concept is developed consisting of multiple UAVs with smaller dimensions, at a cheaper price and a wider coverage. According to clarify the study, firstly the EW and RADAR systems and then the swarm UAV concepts are explained. In this manner the current and previous works are pointed out and then the use of the swarm UAVs for EA in military operations is stated. Objectively, the swarm UAV concept’s advantages and some outstanding challenges to the intra-theater space have been put forward regarding the information mentioned above. As a result it is considered that the swarm UAV systems will be tasked important EW missions in the future operation theatres, as soon as the technical handicaps are solved.

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    Polat Cevik, Ibrahim Kocaman, Abdullah S. Akgul & Barbaros Akca

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Cevik, P., Kocaman, I., Akgul, A.S. et al. The Small and Silent Force Multiplier: A Swarm UAV—Electronic Attack. J Intell Robot Syst 70, 595–608 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-012-9698-1

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