Radar cross section and detection of small unmanned aerial vehicles

Commercial availability of small UAV's and their capabilities raises the question of the ability to defend against these assets, which could be used, or misused, as the air threat. This paper brings results of the series of experiments with the commercial quadcopter DJI Phantom 2 Vision that were performed by Department of Air Defense Systems/University of Defense Brno members in laboratory (anechoic chamber) and in the exterior as well. Terrain...