You know what sucks? When you spend oodles on drone detection and jamming technology, and it doesn’t work because, say, Russia is flying its drones outside of normal frequencies.
Well, lucky for us, Danish cUAS company MyDefence has a solution: Today, the company unveiled a new antenna called WideBand XF that can detect drones flying pretty much anywhere on the spectrum, from 200 MHz up to 6 GHz.
MyDefence CEO Dan Hermansen told Tectonic that this tech is critical in a world where adversaries (cough, Russia and China, cough) are finding new and novel ways to fly drones (and carry out attacks) undetected.
Take cover: You should know this by now if you’re a regular reader, but these days there are a million and one ways to take drones out of the sky, and a million and six companies trying to build the very best c-UAS systems out there. Some are shooting them down with lasers, others are using tiny explosive drones, and a few are even building cheap, miniature missiles.
MyDefence relies on radio frequency (RF) to take out the drone threat. The company’s systems combine RF sensing with AI-based signal detection and jamming hardware into vehicle- and soldier-mounted kit designed to make drones fall out of the sky.
They’ve got a few different products:
- Wingman: The company’s signature wearable detector. A belt-mounted RF sensor that alerts soldiers the moment a drone signal enters range. Passive, low-SWaP, and ATAK-integrated—built for troops operating in contested airspace.
- Pitbull: A compact, directional jammer designed to zap hostile drones before they can strike. It pairs seamlessly with Wingman, cutting command and video links across multiple frequencies while the operator stays on the move.
- Soldier Kit: A complete dismounted counter-drone suite combining Wingman, Pitbull, a control tablet, and antennas. This provides front-line units with a lightweight, mobile electronic shield against FPV and ISR threats.
- Vehicle Kit: A modular detection-and-defeat package for armored vehicles and convoys. The setup networks with nearby dismounted sensors to create a layered electronic perimeter on the move.
- Watchdog/Eagle: Fixed-site and base-defense systems that scale from small installations to airfields and forward operating bases.
All of the company’s kit plugs into software called Spectrum Warrior, which fuses inputs from all sensors into a single operating picture, applying AI to classify signals, visualize threats, and feed data into ATAK or existing command networks.
Open up: The new antenna means that all of these systems will be able to detect almost all drones, even those operating outside of typical frequencies—2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz. Hermansen said that this is particularly important in Ukraine.
According to the company—and to reporting—adversaries like Russia “are increasingly shifting to lower frequencies to evade detection and jamming, while also exploiting higher bands for video, command, control, and data links.” That means that systems—including MyDefence’s OG setup—designed to detect drones operating on normal frequencies could miss things.
Upgrade ya: Customers who already have the MyDefence RF detection kit—the company says at least 2,000 Wingman units are already deployed in Ukraine—will have to purchase the new antenna as an add-on, but all new customers will get it built in.
For a European company, MyDefence has been pretty successful across the pond—back in July, the company scored a $26M US Army contract for its c-UAS tech, and they’ve opened an R&D center in Oklahoma. Plus, they’ve delivered kit to several European powers through NATO, including Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, and Germany.
Drone dominance, indeed.