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Unmanned aerial vehicle intrusion detection and countermeasures

  • US 10,588,021 B2
  • Filed: 02/04/2019
  • Issued: 03/10/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a radio transceiver coupled to at least one antenna and configured to detect if radio signals are being communicated between a remote control unit and a remote-controlled vehicle, and to transmit signals to the remote-controlled vehicle; and

    a mitigation engine communicatively coupled to the radio transceiver and configured to synthesize an exploit signal to be transmitted to the remote-controlled vehicle, the exploit signal configured to inject commands into the remote-controlled vehicle'"'"'s navigation system;

    wherein the exploit signal is configured to exploit a radio protocol format employed by the remote-controlled vehicle to manipulate a radio in the remote-controlled vehicle without affecting at least one other radio using the same radio protocol format.

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