UVS Link Pro

Long-range X-band radio link for reconnaissance UAVs

Our next-generation X-band radio line, in development: an SDR-based system with planned MIMO 2×2 and beamforming, FPGA frequency-hopping and adaptive OFDM. Range is a design target, set after flight tests. Designed for reconnaissance missions in active EW environments.

Stylised product render of a dark, deeply finned RF enclosure on a dark studio background, with two gold SMA connectors and faint engraved lettering across the top face.

In development. UVS Link Pro is our next-generation radio line; the figures below are design targets, not measured results. The X-band hardware shipping today is UVS Link.

UVS Link Pro is designed as a full X-band radio system for unmanned platforms that need to operate at long ranges in active EW environments. The onboard module is being built around an AMD Zynq 7020 SDR platform with an AD9361 RF frontend; the signal-processing logic — modulation, FHSS, spectrum analysis — is to run in firmware and ship updates without hardware changes.

FHSS (frequency-hopping spread spectrum) is being implemented at the FPGA level — the target is switching speed and determinism sufficient to push back against adaptive jammers. A parallel spectrum analyser is in development; the target is routing around detected interference without waiting for operator input.

MIMO 2×2 is planned to raise throughput; beamforming and directional ground arrays are what buy link margin. The ground station will use directional patch arrays (4- and 8-element variants planned) — with the option of pan/tilt tracking for the platform.

Features

MIMO 2×2 with beamforming — planned: higher throughput and EW resistance
SDR architecture (AMD Zynq 7020 + AD9361) — custom board in development; signal-processing logic updatable by firmware
Frequency-hopping (FHSS) on FPGA — in HDL development
AES-256 traffic encryption — planned (FPGA implementation)
Real-time spectrum analysis with adaptive routing around jamming — in HDL development
Video, telemetry and control on one link; full duplex planned
Adaptive OFDM modulation with LDPC coding — up to 256-QAM target
In-house UP/DOWN converter; ground directional antenna arrays planned

Close-up photograph of a green circuit board: a black BGA package marked XILINX ZYNQ XC7Z020, framed by a metal square and surrounded by dense rows of capacitor designators. — Xilinx® Zynq™ XC7Z020 — the SoC the UVS Link Pro platform is being built around.

Bench photograph: a ribbed silver module with four white whip antennas, cabled to a milled enclosure whose labels are covered by four "Redacted" stickers, with coaxial jumpers and clip leads on a blue silicone mat; the instrument at right has its screen blurred out. — Lab tests in the X-band.