A Systems Analysis of Energy Usage and Effectiveness of A Counter Unmanned Aerial System Using A Cyber- Attack Approach

Abstract

Existing counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) rely heavily on radio frequency (RF) jamming techniques that require a large amount of energy. RF jamming results in undesirable consequences such as jamming nearby friendly devices as well as increasing the RF footprint of local operators. Current cybersecurity analysis of commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) UASs have revealed vulnerabilities that can be used to conduct C-UAS operations in the cyber domain via cyber-attacks that hijack device-specific communication links on narrow RF bands.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1201028

Entities

People

  • Chee Lee

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Networks
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Programs
  • Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Links
  • Denial Of Service Attack
  • Detection
  • Energy Consumption
  • Ground Control Stations
  • National Security
  • Network Protocols
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Quantum