What is the AUDS (Anti-UAV Defence System) and C-UAS System and How Are They Different?
Infiniti WhitepaperAUDS is an acronym for Anti-UAV Defence System and refers to a specific product that was released in 2015 by Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics, and Enterprise Control Systems. As it was once of the first commercially available C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System) some incorrectly use it as a generic term for anti-drone rather than a specific product. So AUDS is product that falls under the category C-UAS and Anti Drone, but other solutions should not be referred to as AUDS. Since 2015 there have been many advancements in UAVs and drones as well as technology used to counter them, as an example the AUDS uses jamming as its countermeasure, but this only works on drones that operate on the frequencies being jammed. Some drones fly using AI and have no frequencies and thus are completely immune to a system like the AUDS. Infiniti custom-builds C-UAS and anti-drone solutions based on the type of threat applications and mission objectives for complete protection against airborne threats.
There are so many types of drones and different ways they can be used. Any UAV or drone mitigation system should be designed around the customer’s needs and requirements as well as the type of threat they are likely to encounter. Protecting against a hobby drone, commercial drone, a modified drone (to make them immune to jamming or RF detection) or a military drone all require very different technologies that come at different price points. Many off-the-shelf solutions rely on RF for detection and mitigation, making them useless against modified drones that emit no RF signal, which is why it is important to buy an anti-drone system from a company who is able to offer different technologies and scale a solution to your needs. We also suggest that the air base defence system works in tandem with ground based perimeter security in order to maximize value and provide complete air and ground protection.