COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF THE VIVALDI ANTENNA FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE RADIATION 

Anton I. Mel'nichuk, Engineer of the service and repair group of on-board recording equipment training, Aviation Base of the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots of Russian Ministry of Defense (1/1 Kotovsky street, Rtishchevo, Saratov Region, Russia), E-mail: pelmenio@mail.ru
Nikolay V. Goryachev, Candidate of technical sciences, associate professor of sub-department of radio equipment design and production, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), E-mail: ra4foc@yandex.ru
Nikolay K. Yurkov, Doctor of technical sciences, professor, the honoured worker of science of the Russian Federation, head of sub-department of radio equipment design and production, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), E-mail: yurkov_NK@mail.ru 

004.832.2 

10.21685/2307-4205-2021-2-8 

Background. Unmanned and remotely piloted aerial vehicles (UAVs and RPVs, respectively) have already found wide application in various areas of human life. Materials and methods. UAVs are actively used in agriculture, monitoring, logistics, control of hazardous objects. But, as often happens with technological progress, advanced developments are beginning to be actively used for military purposes. And today UAVs, including small ones, have become a real threat, not only to the military, but also to civilians. The purpose of this work is to substantiate the methods and means of countering strike UAVs, as well as to assess the damaging capabilities of the ammunition with the choice of the shape, mass and material of the striking elements. Results and conclusions. The concept of a universal ammunition capable of providing a prompt response to air threats to equipment and personnel emanating from unmanned aerial vehicles has been proposed and substantiated. 

drone, countermeasures, functional suppression, unmanned, apparatus, electromagnetic weapons