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About UVS Dynamics

What we do

UVS Dynamics is an engineering team across three product lines:

  • X-band radio systems for UAVs (UVS Link / UVS Link Pro) — communication that works where L/S/C bands have already been jammed by EW.
  • Onboard computer vision (UVS Vision) — GPS-denied visual navigation and automatic target detection.
  • SDR-based radio-monitoring platform (UVS Detector) — sweep · detect · classify · identify · decode for the tactical operator.

One team, with distinct expertise per line; separate go-to-market paths and roadmaps.

Why X-band

Most UAV communication systems operate in L/S/C bands — the primary targets for electronic warfare. X-band is far less crowded: effective jamming there requires much higher power and more expensive equipment, so EW assets in this range are deployed point-by-point rather than as continuous coverage. That makes X-band a practical choice for sustained missions in contested RF environments.

Military X-band systems exist on the market — but they’re expensive, export-restricted, and not built for integration with standard UAV platforms. Domestic production of X-band data links in Ukraine is virtually nonexistent. That’s the gap we’re closing.

More: our band sits at the upper edge of the 7.125–8.4 GHz range that WRC-27 is studying for 6G (agenda item 1.7). Investing in this slice of spectrum today is not a niche defence choice — the chipsets, RF components and expertise forming around it over the next decade are the same ones we build on.

How we work

  • We own the RF path. UP/DOWN converters, the amplifier, their firmware and the operator software are ours; the video modem is a COTS FPV engine we translate to X-band.
  • One platform, more than one use. The converter pair is a platform: the same boards are being specified as a front-end variant for drone-detector manufacturers.
  • Bench first, then field. Every prototype is measured on the bench before it flies; a bench report alone never closes a gate.
  • Tight loops. Between feedback from the field and a firmware fix: days, not months.

Team

Depth in every domain we ship in. The RF bench is two senior engineers with 25 and 30 years in microwave design, working alongside junior RF and layout engineers. On the software side, systems and firmware developers with 17 and 19 years across software and hardware, and engineers on the SDR stack, DSP and systems C++ behind UVS Detector.

Where a problem needs a narrower expert than any in-house team carries, we engage one — antenna systems, converter design above the X-band, GaN device selection and power-amplifier layout, propeller and airframe aerodynamics. We would rather bring in someone who has solved a problem before than approximate it ourselves, and our RF work is reviewed externally by a GaN specialist under NDA.

Status as of 1 September 2026

Concrete, dated:

  • Converter pair (airborne UP / ground DOWN) and the 2 W amplifier — boards built, running, and measured on the bench
  • August 2026 — first end-to-end video through the converter pair, wired and over the air on the bench, at X-band
  • August 2026 — first full transmit chain measured end to end: source, converter, amplifier
  • Firmware and operator software — tagged releases for both the converter and the amplifier since June 2026; release images built by CI
  • Enclosures — our own drawings and 3D models; test boxes on the bench
  • X-band antennas (patch, horn) — samples under test on the bench
  • Next: flight trials, then the rev-2 board revision
  • Production hardware — no date published. The board revision that goes into a series is not frozen yet, and the freeze depends on trial results. Programme kickoff: November 2025.

Everything in this section is stated as of the date in the heading above. Where a figure elsewhere on this site carries no date, read it as of that date.

Roadmap 2026–2027

One product in hardware, its amplifier, and the platform under them. Grey — done, in the quarter it closed; accent — in progress; dashed — planned, carrying its condition rather than a date.

Q2 2026Q3 2026Q4 2026Q1+ 2027 Now UVS Link 2 W amplifier Shared RF platform
First boards audited; first measurements
Moved to KiCad; converter PCBs routed
Boards powered up; video on the bench
August 2026: first end-to-end video through the converter pair — wired and over the air on the bench, at X-band
Bench campaign continues: calibration, DOWN gain, sensitivity
Flight trials of the kit — next step, gated on bench results
Amplifier firmware + operator panel: releases v0.1 → v0.14 since June 2026
Board stack-up and 50 Ω RF line closed
August 2026: full transmit chain measured end to end — source → converter → 2 W amplifier
Series operating point and thermal solution
Converter firmware v0.1→v0.9 in a month
Enclosure drawings, 3D models, test boxes
Rev-2: RF change package in work; freeze gated on trial results
Series enclosure: simplifying the current box, sourcing manufacturing
Converter variant for drone-detector makers — requirements gathering
Readiness to order a small series — after rev-2 and enclosure

Now: Q3 2026

  • UVS Link — First boards audited; first measurements — Q2 2026 — Done
  • UVS Link — Moved to KiCad; converter PCBs routed — Q2 2026 – Q3 2026 — Done
  • UVS Link — Boards powered up; video on the bench — Q3 2026 — Done
  • UVS Link — August 2026: first end-to-end video through the converter pair — wired and over the air on the bench, at X-band — Q3 2026 — Milestone reached
  • UVS Link — Bench campaign continues: calibration, DOWN gain, sensitivity — Q3 2026 – Q4 2026 — In progress
  • UVS Link — Flight trials of the kit — next step, gated on bench results — Q3 2026 – Q1+ 2027 — Planned
  • 2 W amplifier — Amplifier firmware + operator panel: releases v0.1 → v0.14 since June 2026 — Q2 2026 – Q3 2026 — Done
  • 2 W amplifier — Board stack-up and 50 Ω RF line closed — Q3 2026 — Done
  • 2 W amplifier — August 2026: full transmit chain measured end to end — source → converter → 2 W amplifier — Q3 2026 — Milestone reached
  • 2 W amplifier — Series operating point and thermal solution — Q3 2026 – Q4 2026 — In progress
  • Shared RF platform — Converter firmware v0.1→v0.9 in a month — Q3 2026 — Done
  • Shared RF platform — Enclosure drawings, 3D models, test boxes — Q3 2026 — Done
  • Shared RF platform — Rev-2: RF change package in work; freeze gated on trial results — Q3 2026 – Q1+ 2027 — In progress
  • Shared RF platform — Series enclosure: simplifying the current box, sourcing manufacturing — Q3 2026 – Q1+ 2027 — In progress
  • Shared RF platform — Converter variant for drone-detector makers — requirements gathering — Q3 2026 – Q1+ 2027 — In progress
  • Shared RF platform — Readiness to order a small series — after rev-2 and enclosure — Q4 2026 – Q1+ 2027 — Planned
Done
In progress
Planned
Milestone reached
Data as of September 2026

Front-line input and independent review

A direct line to the front — an advisor on the team, prior trials with units, an independent state expert review of UVS Link, and a fast test loop. For UVS Link itself, flight trials are the current gate and no trial results are published yet.

  • Military advisor on the team. Combat-experienced consultant sets priorities. Features map to real combat needs, not lab assumptions.
  • Prior products field-tested with units. Products the team worked on before UVS Dynamics went through field testing with active Ukrainian military units. We do not identify units, places or dates — which is why this line carries no specifics. It is the team’s track record, not a claim about UVS Dynamics products.
  • Brave1 expert review. Ukraine’s Innovation Development Fund, which runs Brave1, reviewed UVS Link (project 24663) and concluded it may be considered promising for the needs of the Armed Forces, with a recommendation to advance to a full engineering prototype and confirm the characteristics under EW.
  • Days from finding to firmware. 18 amplifier firmware releases between June and August 2026 — a bench observation becomes a released, CI-built, integrity-checked image in days.

Requirements from operators. Results from instruments. Nothing in between.

What’s next

The same X-band stack that powers our radio links opens a path into adjacent product categories — UAV-detection radars. Both of our next-generation radars share the hardware base with the datalinks. The RF front end, the LO synthesiser and the amplifier carry over; the radar waveform, signal processing and detection software are new work.

BARRIER (concept) — the same X-band front end can be re-purposed as a compact FMCW radar for small-UAV detection: single-channel homodyne, MTI against clutter. Concept stage — no prototype, no published performance figures yet.

VECTOR (concept) — a two-channel coherent extension of the same front end, giving bearing as well as range. The two-channel receiver is a deliberate step after the single-channel design is proven; no prototype yet.

Let’s work together

If your task is to build the platform — not to spin up your own RF team — let’s talk.