Rapid Aerial Vehicle Neutralization

Overview

• Project Code: RAVN
• Start Date: December 1, 2025
• End Date: November 30, 2028
• Reference: N/A
• Funding: Defence-related Research Action (DEFRA), 2025
• Royal Military Academy Involvement: Partner
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Team

Staff

Partners

• Coordinator: Charles Hamesse
• Coordinator Affiliation: Royal Military Academy, Department of Mathematics (MWMW)
• Project Co-promotor: N/A
• RMA Researchers: To be hired

• Project Partners (RMA): N/A
• Project Partners (BE-DEF): N/A
• Project Partners (Other): Sol.One, Intersoft, [Agilica] (https://www.agilica.be/)

Context

The proliferation of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), particularly mini-class drones (<15 kg), poses an increasingly complex threat to military and civilian infrastructure. On the detection side, traditional counter-UAS systems often rely on static sensors and manual operations, offering limited scalability, sluggish response times, and vulnerability in GNSS-denied environments.

Objectives

The RAVN project responds to both to these challenges by introducing a next-generation, modular, and scalable Counter-UAS system that can both detect further away from the target and respond while the threat is not yet close to the target.

Methodology

RAVN combines advanced radar without rotational detection lag, with computer vision and advanced sensor fusion, with C-UAS deployed away from the target using autonomous GNSS-free navigation capability and providing directed kinetic response and taking advantage of UWB adhoc inter-drone positioning and communication.