The ongoing tests will make it possible to take into account the results obtained in further work to ensure the operability of the complex in difficult conditions.

“The tests were successful and in accordance with the plan, we were able to record all the necessary characteristics for further work,” – Yaroslav Kalinin, company CEO, has told.

As we mentioned earlier, the Gekata drone took to the sky for the first time at the end of December 2021. The main element of the Gekata system is a 10-kilogram suite with radio reconnaissance equipment, which is installed on the PD-2 drone. The whole complex consists of a ground control station and six drones with Gekata electronic intelligence/communications intelligence suite.

The new Ukrainian-made electronic intelligence complex based on an unmanned aircraft platform took to the air.

On December 27, Defense Express reported that Ukraine’s intelligence-gathering version of the PD-2 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has begun its flight test program.

The new electronic intelligence (ELINT) gathering unmanned aircraft is called the Gekata and was developed by the Ukrainian military-electronics specialist Infozahyst LLC.

The main element of the Gekata system is a 10-kilogram suite with radio reconnaissance equipment, which is installed on the PD-2 drone. According to the developers, the whole complex consists of a ground control station and six drones with Gekata electronic intelligence/communications intelligence suite.

As noted by the company, the Gekata is a UAS-based ELINT complex designed for the searching, detection, classifying and identifying signal pulses from the radar stations, electronic warfare support measures, anti-craft warfare, and aeroplanes. Complex determines the operation modes and areas of reconnaissance, based on the principles of active radar, it also denotes their characteristics.

Infozahyst says the Gekata could detect and recognize radio signals from the terrestrial targets, surface targets, air targets (including over-the-horizon targets) in the real-time mode.

The new drone-based ELINT system will open a completely new level of opportunities for the military, according to the company’s officials.

In addition, earlier in April 2021, the company Chief Executive Officer Iaroslav Kalinin has told Defense Express that Infozahyst received 2 million euros of foreign investment to develop the Gekata intelligence-gathering complex.

Kyiv Polytechnic Institute students will be able to study modern СOMINT technologies more effectively: filtering, Fourier transform, quadrature signalling analogue and digital modulations, automatic gain control methods, phase and frequency synchronization, radars, 4G / LTE systems, smart antennas with algorithms for dynamic generation of radiation patterns, etc.

Plastun SDR is a modified version of the famous LimeSDR transceiver. The main technical characteristics of Plastun SDR are:

• The range of reception and transmission frequencies – 100 kHz – 3.8 GHz;
• Instant scan bandwidth – 61.44 MHz;
• 6 entrances to the reception;
• 4 outputs for transmission;
• Ability to work in 2×2 MIMO mode (simultaneous operation of two antennas for reception and two antennas for transmission);
• output power up to 10 dBm.

Compared to LimeSDR, the Plastun SDR replaces all components with Industrial Grade components, which increases reliability and extends the operating temperature range from -40 ° C to +85 ° C.

It’s only a part of INFOZAHYT’s contribution to science and education because we are planning fruitful cooperation both: dual education and other activities. Together.

Our company is going to form a team of students and prepare them for the Festival of Innovation Projects “The Sikorsky Challenge”, which will take place in 2022 at Kyiv Polytechnical Institute. We will also provide assistance to all students at Kyiv Polytechnical Institute who are in the process of their scientific works as a basis for testing and research.

INFOZAHYST aims to conduct a set of lectures and seminars regarding the application of acquired knowledge in the future, as well as to provide scientific literature to the university’s library.

We contribute to the future of Ukrainian engineering education thanks to our fruitful cooperation. We help to grow a new generation of creative and talented minds, who will lead our country on the high technological level, build a free and independent Ukraine in near future.

The cadets learned material about coordination, the interaction between direction finder positions, radio spectrum monitoring, searching and registration of some new networks.

During training courses cadets have learned how to use direction finding with the help of INFOZAHYST’s equipment. As well as the process of training on questions of supervision, interception and the further direction finding of sources and “enemy’s” radio networks.

It was announced on the official Facebook page of the 190th training center of Ukraine’s Land Forces.

Mobile tactical direction finding system designed for targeting enemy’s communication systems, automated high-speed radio monitoring, processing and recording of interception data.

For now, mobile tactical direction finding system PLASTUN-RP3000 is being widely used by Ukrainian Armed Forces and replaced previous model PLASTUN RP-525.

The full version of the article you can read on the Defense Express (Ukrainian version)

INFOZAHYST is the only company from Ukraine that presents its own COMINT products in such kind of event for the international electronic warfare community.

AOC EUROPE is an annual event for those involved in EW, SIGINT, C4ISR, Cyber EM Activities (CEMA). AOC Europe connects organisations and individuals across government, defence, industry, and academia to promote the exchange of ideas and information and review the latest advances in electromagnetic- and information-related fields.

INFOZAHYST will present information about equipment in the sphere of communication intelligence (COMINT):
– KHORTYTSIA-M Mobile COMINT complex;
– PLASTUN-RP3000 Mobile tactical direction-finding system;
– APELLA automated multifunctional COMINT complex;
– MINERVA Wideband radio monitoring receiver etc.

Iaroslav Kalinin (CEO) explains how сompany’s products and services are working and how the COMINT solutions were used in practical combat experience in the Eastern part of Ukraine.

Our stand is F3. Come and visit us at AOC Europe 2021 to find out more about our products.

Our company represented a few new products: (UAV-based ELINT complex GEKATA), innovative solutions in the field of optoelectronic intelligence (threat detection system BASTET), and automatic fire control systems.

The company also showed products that have already passed combat experience and have been supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 2016 ( PLASTUN RP-3000 mobile tactical direction-finding system and KHORTYTSIA-M mobile COMINT complex).

Exhibition stand of our company visited the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine Oleh Urusky, Rector of NTUU KPI “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” Mykhailo Zgurovsky, representatives from the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, State Concern “Ukroboronprom” (SC “Ukroboronprom”).

The Forum gathered together representatives of state authorities of Ukraine, diplomatic corps, Ukrainian and foreign investors from more than twenty countries, innovation clusters of cities/regions, heads of enterprises in the defense industry.

The visitors drew more attention to the UAV-based ELINT complex GEKATA.

The complex is able to conduct signals intelligence activities (searching, detection, classifying, and identifying signal pulses from the radar stations, electronic warfare systems, anti-aircraft warfare, real-time aircraft tracking) at the distance up to 450 km. It also provides 24/7 monitoring of COMINT activities at the reconnaissance range – 2 to 18 GHz.

The development of the UAV-based ELINT complex is created in the product collaboration with Ukrainian company Ukrspecsystems.

Now on our YouTube channel, there are available a few videos on the company’s main products: KHORTITSYA-M, PLASTUN-RP3000, and APELLA in English and Ukrainian.

We hope that these videos will help our foreign community better to understand the principle of operation of the equipment, competitive advantages, applications, and the company’s fields of expertise.

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• Equipment in the sphere of communication intelligence (COMINT);
• New solutions for the development of optoelectronic systems;
• Fischer Connectors cable assemblies and connectors;
• An automated measurement system which is integrated with Rohde & Schwarz equipment;
• New product innovation – “Hekate”, UAV-based ELINT complex.

During the exhibition, the company’s stand was visited by Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Strategic Industries Oleh Urusky, Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ruslan Khomchak. Representatives from the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine, visitors from the law enforcement agencies, special services, and state bodies of Ukraine actively interested in the new company’s equipment and the benefits of the products.

Furthermore, foreign customers and some representatives from the different embassies showed a strong interest in the company’s products.

At the exhibition, there was a showcase of some new company’s products. Visitors also saw tested over the years of the combat experience products manufactured by Infozahyst and the partners of the company. For instance, the mobile tactical direction-finding system PLASTUN-RP3000, which has been used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 2016.

“PLASTUN-RP 3000 receives software updates every month. Last month we’ve reached a new level. Regarding the functionality, I can’t tell any details and secrets at the moment, but it effectively allows us to solve the problems that a few well-known examples companies, such as Rohde & Schwarz, Thales, and some others, cannot provide”, –  said Yaroslav Kalinin, the company’s CEO in the interview to the Ukrainian military portal Defense Express.

Infozahyst represented one more innovative product – “Hekate”, UAV-based ELINT complex, capabilities of which are compared with AWACS.

“The “core” of this complex is a 10-kilogram container with a suspension system with ELINT equipment, which is placed on unmanned aerial vehicles. The complex consists of 6 drones and a ground control station and data collection. With the help of the Hekate complex, reconnaissance can be conducted 24/7 at a distance of up to 450 kilometers from the control center. There will be 3 UAVs in the air, which have small dimensions (wingspan is up to 5 meters), and in the result – high level of secrecy, which makes these drones as invulnerable as possible to the enemy, “- highlighted Yaroslav Kalinin, the company’s CEO.

“As for me, this exhibition is a platform where I can find like-minded people, communicate with people from the level of a user sitting in a trench to the level of an investor who can develop a product and invest in some ideas. The Minister of Defense of Ukraine and the Deputy Prime Minister had time to visit our stand during the exhibition. We’ve introduced them to a new product line, which in the near future will allow them to receive further assistance in bureaucratic processes, including commissioning, during the state testing procedures, etc. This will help our army to get this complex as soon as possible“.

Thank you for your interest in the company and equipment. We continue to work, focusing on the new product development which we will represent at the” Arms and Security” next time.

Our company presented new developments, as well as equipment that has already been tested by combat experience.

Exhibition stand of our company was visited by Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Strategic Industries Oleh Urusky. He highlighted the importance for the state protection when introducing its own engineering developments and creation of the new military equipment.

Negotiations on current projects and cooperation in new areas of the company were held with the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Andriy Taran, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Chief of General Staff, Colonel-General Ruslan Khomchak, Head of the State Special Communications Service Yuriy Schyhol.

Foreign delegations and guests pointed out the great accomplishment of INFOZAHYST work in the area of the protection of the state, in particular – the implementation of its own scientific developments in the fields of electronic and radio intelligence service.

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ISO 9001-2015 certification is the result of many years of improving the quality of manufacturing of Infozahyst products. Our every receiver and product has been tested according to modern testing principles. We have created an innovative automated data measurement stand to confirm the stated technical characteristics of our products.

Infozahyst has automated the system of measurement method selection and comparison of indicators for the most accurate results and excluding human factors, including for testing of own company equipment.

You can test the system personally at the exhibition “Arms and Security 2021” which will be held on June 15-18, 2021 at the International Exhibition Center in Kyiv (Ukraine).

Infozahyst will represent such fields of expertise:

• Communications intelligence (COMINT)
• Electronic intelligence (ELINT);
• Open-source intelligence (OSINT);
• Production of optoelectronic systems;
• Product development of the trajectory processing algorithms;
• Counter-surveillance;
• Automation in the test and measurement industry based on Rohde & Schwarz equipment;
• Fischer Connectors and cable assemblies.

We are pleased to invite you to visit our stand 1A-11 on the “Arms and Security 21” exhibition.