Russian engineers have developed a multi-position surveillance system (MPSN) that combines air surveillance and control equipment, and a drone coordinate determination server, according to Dmitry Savitsky, Deputy Head of Almaz-Antey.
The project involves Almaz-Antey enterprises and third-party developers with extensive experience.
According to him, NPO "Almaz", AO "Azimuth" and "Aviatelecominvest" will supply equipment for the system. Currently, specialists are selecting locations for the installation of MPSN in the Tomsk, Tyumen, and Samara regions. The possibility of its deployment in the Moscow region is also being considered.
Savitsky added that the MPSN, which was developed as part of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) project, needs to be integrated into the Unified Air Traffic Management System (ES OrVD, Almaz-Antey is the main contractor for its modernization).
MPSN tasks:
- Monitoring drone flights
- Data transmission to ES OrVD
- Controlling drone flights along a given route
Currently, ES OrVD covers more than 26 million square kilometers of area, the length of routes is over 800 thousand km. To operate the system, more than 100 air traffic service centers were equipped with modern equipment, including the installation of 800 units of surveillance equipment and about 2000 units of navigation equipment.
Earlier, Moscow engineers developed an AI-based technology that helps track up to 500,000 drones in the sky.
