Meet Himera: Ukraine's radio resistant to Russian jamming

In October 2023, Ukraine claimed that it invented a new type of jamming-resistant radio for its soldiers according to a statement from the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation.

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov revealed the new system on his Telegram channel and explained the radio’s capabilities and why it was so useful. 

Russia has been using electronic warfare against Ukraine throughout the majority of the war and that made the development of an unjammable system critical to Kyiv’s success. 

This is why developers were tasked with creating a walkie-talkie radio system that could not be jammed by the advanced electronic warfare systems being employed by Russia.  

The Himera Radio by Brave1 was created in response to Ukraine's needs and the radio has proved to be quite effective at working despite Russia’s electronic warfare systems.

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According to Euromaidan Press, which got its details on the Himera from Army Inform, the new radio employs a 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard as well as a frequency hopping spread spectrum to evade Russia’s electronic warfare systems. 

Ukraine's new radio can last upwards of four days in the field and can be integrated into situational awareness systems or used to find and evacuate soldiers via a GPS beacon. 

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The Himera was designed to allow Ukrainian soldiers to always stay in touch so military leadership could effectively coordinate their units according to Federov’s Telegram post. 

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Federov claimed the new radio system could not be decrypted by Russian forces, which if true, would give the Ukrainian Armed Forces a powerful new tool to help their soldiers. 

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Brave1 won the award for best defense technology start-up at IT Arena 2023 and it was given $10,000 dollars so that it could work on scaling production of the Himera Radio. 

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