Vehicle-mounted detect-and-jam EW systemcombat-provenpartial data
Bukovel-AD
Буковель-AD, Bukovel
Truck- or tripod-mounted station that detects drone radio links and jams their data links and satellite navigation.
No public price No public unit price; Morocco bought systems in 2019 at undisclosed cost.
| Maker | Proximus LLC |
|---|---|
| Origin | Ukraine |
| Built | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| First combat | Donbas war, against Russian Orlan-10 drones (reported by 2018) |
| Max range | 20 km |
| Guidance | Passive RF detection and direction finding of drone links; can be cued by external radar |
| Bands | Detection and suppression across 320 to 6,000 MHz; GNSS jamming of GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou; up to 11 channels at once |
| RF power | 20 W |
| Mount | vehicle (pickup) or tripod |
The 20 km figure is data-link jamming range; GNSS suppression is given as up to 35 km and detection as 70 to 100 km, all manufacturer-derived. Militarnyi quotes the maker at 15 to 20 km effective range and Morocco's forces cited 10 to 15 km. The 20 W per channel figure comes from a hostile Russian source (Military Review) and is unconfirmed. Ukrainian forces reported landing a Russian ZALA 421-16E2 with it in March 2023.
Sources (10)
- Bukovel (counter unmanned aircraft system) - Wikipedia (range_km)
- Bukovel AD : Ukraine (Armedconflicts.com) (frequency_bands)
- Bukovel AD : Ukraine (Armedconflicts.com) (range_km)
- Bukovel AD : Ukraine (Armedconflicts.com) (built_where)
- EW, which is against us. Bukovel-AD (Military Review / TopWar, May 2023) (power_w)
- Bukovel (counter unmanned aircraft system) - Wikipedia (first_combat)
- Ukrainian Bukovel-AD EW system landed Russian ZALA 421-16E2 UAV (Militarnyi, 16 Mar 2023) (range_km)
- Ukrainian Bukovel-AD EW system landed Russian ZALA 421-16E2 UAV (Militarnyi, 16 Mar 2023) (notes)
- Morocco military orders Proximus counter drone unit (Unmanned Airspace, 11 Sep 2019) (unit_cost_note)
- Morocco military orders Proximus counter drone unit (Unmanned Airspace, 11 Sep 2019) (range_km)
