Epiq Small Form Factor SDR Examples in UAS Payloads

Aaron Foster

01/04/26

TL;DR - Article Summary

Epiq Solutions showcases how its compact software-defined radios integrate into drone payloads, enabling onboard spectrum analysis, cell surveys, and signal detection using lightweight, off-the-shelf components.

Key takeaway: By pairing Epic SDRs with platforms like Raspberry Pi, drone payloads can perform powerful RF sensing and analysis directly in the air, without heavy, custom hardware.

Aaron Foster shows some practical examples of Epiq’s small form factor (SFF) SDRs deployed in drone payloads.

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SDR Epiq Solutions Small form factor Sidekiq NV100 Sidekiq NVM2 Raspberry Pi Network Survey A-PNT Special Comms Small Attritable Launched Effects Small UxS Sidekiq M.2 Sidekiq MiniPCIe COMINT Sidekiq Stretch

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