MyDefence launches WideBand XF antenna to track drones across wider frequency range

Danish counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) specialist MyDefence announced the launch of its WideBand eXtended Frequency (XF) antenna on 8 October 2025.

Designed to be compact and rugged, the WideBand XF antenna is purpose-built for field deployment and allows dismounted troops, counter-terrorism teams, border security personnel, and police forces to continuously detect remotely controlled drones operating across frequencies from 200 MHz up to 6 GHz.

This development comes directly from operational lessons learned: with more than 2,000 MyDefence Wingman wearable C-UAS solutions already deployed in Ukraine, frontline soldiers have identified the urgent need to detect drones operating outside traditional commercial frequency bands, also called ISM bands.

Adversaries like the Russian forces in Ukraine are increasingly shifting to lower frequencies to evade detection and jamming, while also exploiting higher bands for video, command, control and datalinks. The WideBand XF antenna closes this gap, ensuring operators maintain full-spectrum vigilance. It is fully compatible with the Wingman wearable drone detector and integrates seamlessly with MyDefence’s Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK), which delivers real-time alerts and a live tactical picture to operators as well as functioning as a spectrum analyser.

The spectrum analyser enables operators to visualize, identify, and track wireless signals across a wide frequency range, including those emitted by drones and other wireless-enabled equipment. This capability ensures enhanced situational awareness in contested environments.

“Our soldiers, and security forces in Ukraine, have made it clear: drones are no longer confined to predictable frequency bands,” explained Dan Hermansen, CEO at MyDefence, in a company press release. “From our close collaboration with [frontline troops in] Ukraine, we see the WideBand XF antenna as a natural next step. It gives those same frontline operators the expanded spectrum coverage they asked for and the assurance that they can stay one step ahead of enemy tactics.”