ACommunications & electronic warfare
Kolchuga passive sensor
electronic-warfare support measures (ESM) system
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ACommunications & electronic warfare
electronic-warfare support measures (ESM) system
BCommunications & electronic warfare
system which allows ground forces, such as Forward air controllers (FAC), to see what an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is seeing in real time
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Own2004backpackconfiguration only, notIV/V orinstalledaircraft · device
Single source5.4 kg (12 lb) device[source]Own2004backpackconfiguration only, notIV/V orinstalledaircraft
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Configuration
| Specification | Kolchuga passive sensor | ROVER |
|---|---|---|
| Type | electronic-warfare support measures (ESM) system[source] | system which allows ground forces, such as Forward air controllers (FAC), to see what an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is seeing in real time[source] |
| National origin | Soviet Union[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | Topaz radioelectronic factory in Donetsk[source] | — |
| Role | detect and track aircraft by triangulation and multilateration of their RF emissions[source] | close air support[source] |
| Detection range | up to 800 km (500 mi) for very high altitude, very powerful emitters[source] | — |
| Configuration | three or four receivers[source] | — |
| Frequency | VHF, UHF and SHF radio bands[source] | — |
| Display | — | laptop on the ground[source] |
| Introduced | — | 2002[source]ROVERI introduction only |
| Compatibility | — | UAVs and aircraft carrying the LITENING targeting pod as well as other targeting systems[source] |
| Other pod compatibility | — | Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod also uses the ROVER for ground station[source] |
| Country of origin | — | United States[source]Inventory Origin column; table 16, row 21, cell 3; revision 1375013163; retrieved 2026-09-30 |