Turkish Firm Develops Compact anti-jam System for Drones
A Turkish technology company developed a compact anti-jam satellite navigation system designed to operate in contested signal environments, as electronic warfare and GPS jamming become more common in modern conflicts.
In a message shared with Defence Blog, Sena Yiğit, representing EDGE Microwave, said the company was established about 1.5 years ago and is focused on controlled reception pattern antenna (CRPA) solutions for both defense and commercial users.
“We are a company established approximately 1.5 years ago, working on CRPA products that provide protection in signal-jamming environments for both defense and commercial sectors,” Yiğit wrote.
The company says it has begun sales of its HEDGE-8008 system in Türkiye and abroad and is receiving positive feedback from early users.
According to company materials, HEDGE-8008 is an eight-element anti-jam GNSS antenna designed to protect satellite navigation receivers from jamming and interference. The product processes incoming signals using adaptive beamforming algorithms to maintain navigation availability in difficult electromagnetic conditions.
EDGE Microwave says the system supports simultaneous multi-constellation GNSS reception across GPS L1, Galileo E1, and BeiDou B1 bands, with up to seven independent jammer suppression channels. Technical specifications listed by the company include nominal jammer suppression above 50 dB, J/S performance above 110 dB when paired with a GNSS receiver, and power consumption below 13 watts.
The company also emphasizes the physical characteristics of the system. HEDGE-8008 measures about 9 by 9 by 2.2 centimeters and weighs roughly 275 grams, placing it among the smallest CRPA solutions in its class, according to the product brief. EDGE Microwave says the unit complies with military environmental and electromagnetic compatibility standards, including MIL-STD-810H and MIL-STD-461F.
EDGE Microwave says the goal behind HEDGE-8008 was to make military-grade GNSS anti-jam capability available to platforms that previously could not support traditional CRPA systems due to size, weight, or cost constraints.
The company says the compact design allows integration on small UAVs, loitering munitions, marine platforms, autonomous vehicles, and fixed infrastructure.
EDGE Microwave also positions HEDGE-8008 as a dual-use product, noting potential applications in precision agriculture, autonomous driving, unmanned logistics, and telecommunications infrastructure, where GNSS disruption can have operational consequences.