A SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF ENERGY USAGE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF A COUNTER-UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM USING A CYBER-ATTACK APPROACH
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Authors
Lee, Chee Hoe
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unmanned aerial system
counter-unmanned aerial system
cyber-attack
counter-unmanned aerial system
cyber-attack
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Van Bossuyt, Douglas L.
Hale, Britta
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2022-09
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Existing counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) rely heavily on radio frequency (RF) jamming techniques that require a large amount of energy. RF jamming results in undesirable consequences such as jamming nearby friendly devices as well as increasing RF footprint of local operators. Current cybersecurity analysis of commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) UASs have revealed vulnerabilities that can be used to conduct C-UAS operations in the cyber domain via cyber-attacks that hijack device-specific communication links on narrow RF bands. This thesis validates the cyber-attack C-UAS (CyC-UAS) concept through reviewing recent C-UAS operational experimental scenarios and conducting analysis on the collected data. Then, a model of a defense facility is constructed to analyze and validate specific mission scenarios and several proposed concepts of operation. A comparison of the energy requirements between CyC-UAS and existing C-UAS techniques is performed to assess energy efficiency and trade-offs of different C-UAS approaches. The comparison of energy requirements between the CyC-UAS prototype and existing C-UAS RF jamming products shows CyC-UAS has significant energy savings while not affecting other telecommunication devices operating at the same frequencies. CyC-UAS is able to achieve the same mission by consuming much less energy and shows promise as a new, lower energy, and lower collateral damage approach to defending against UASs.
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