The new passive RF seeker for STM’s KARGU will allow the kamikaze UAV to hunt FPV crews by detecting and locking on RF emissions from control systems.
STM has announced the utility of RF seeker-fitted KARGU as hunting down FPV crews by picking out the signals sent from the control systems, somewhat different from the initial mission concept.
Initially, KARGU with RF seeker was mainly intended as an anti-radiation munition with passive hounmming and illumination-based guidance. For that reason, the radar arrays were all facing forward.
However, the new concept for the RF seeker has been steered towards a more urgent matter, which would be the widespread use of FPVs on the battlefield. The new antenna arrangement covers all directions with four passive antennas.
The specifications given for the seeker-fitted configuration suggest that semi-active homing capabilities have been abandoned for the new operational concept.
It can be said that KARGU’s new configuration takes a different approach by targeting the source instead of the threat, with the consideration that an FPV crew is more than likely to bring multiple UAVs to conduct an attack.
Author: Kaan Azman
Editor:Özgür Ekşi
