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We develop and supply core electronics for guided weapons, surveillance, avionics, aviation lighting, AI and EW/communications — and productise the same core technologies as commercial modules.

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Guided Weapons

Centred on the guidance & control unit, Digitron develops and produces the core electronics of guided-weapon systems — guidance data receivers, actuation controllers, anti-jam GNSS RF assemblies, fuze TDD signal processors, and seeker frequency synthesizers and servo controllers. We also supply the command & communication device and code loader that support weapon employment, and guidance & control units for aerial target drones.

Guidance & Control Unit (GCU)

The brain of the round: it links the forward subsystems — seeker, IMU, guidance data receiver — with the aft subsystems — actuation unit, anti-jam GNSS, fuze — and controls every phase of flight.

Operating Concept

Guidance & Control Unit — Operating Concept

Inside a guided-weapon system the guidance & control unit exchanges power, commands and target data with the forward and aft subsystems, controlling the round through every phase of flight. The diagram magnifies the position of the unit within the round and shows the signals exchanged with each subsystem.

Guidance & Control Unit
Forward Subsystems
Nose Cap
  • Incoming signalNose-cap separation signal
  • Incoming signalPower, target data, commands
  • Outgoing signalTarget data, track & detection data
Inertial Measurement Unit
  • Outgoing signalAcceleration, angular rate
  • Incoming signalPower, clock
  • Incoming signalPower, commands
  • Outgoing signalTarget data, mission data
Aft Subsystems
  • Two-way signalDrive commands, responses, status
  • Incoming signalPower
  • Outgoing signalGNSS data, status
  • Incoming signalPower, commands
Flight Measurement Unit
  • Incoming signalIn-round data, power
  • Incoming signalDetonation signal, delay data
  • Outgoing signalStatus data
Guided-rocket configuration — the marked band is where the guidance & control unit sits

Guided-rocket configuration — the marked band is where the guidance & control unit sits

130 mm Guided Rocket-Ⅱ Guidance & Control Unit

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  • High-performance computing and control

    DSP- and FPGA-based data-processing architecture and memory system

  • Multiple communication interfaces

    High-speed, high-reliability interfaces across serial, industrial-network and Ethernet standards

  • Signal processing and circuit design

    Multi-channel signal-control circuits with FPGA-integrated communication channels

  • System health monitoring and protection

    Real-time temperature and voltage monitoring, with protection circuits for discrete I/O signals

EA Guidance & Control Unit (Export)

In production
  • High-performance control and data processing

    DSP- and FPGA-based digital signal processing and memory control

  • Reliable communication interfaces

    Industrial CAN and multi-channel serial (RS-422) communication modules

  • Hardware optimisation

    Multiple PCBs integrated into a single board for maximum space efficiency and productivity

  • Commercial results

    Development completed and series production established

L-SA* Guidance & Control Unit

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  • High-performance computing and control processing

    DSP- and FPGA-based data-processing architecture with a high-speed memory system

  • Multiple communication interfaces

    Reliable communication modules for serial (RS-422, UART), Ethernet and CAN

  • Signal control and logic design

    Multi-channel signal-control circuits with FPGA-integrated communication channels

  • Health monitoring and circuit protection

    Real-time temperature and voltage monitoring, with protection circuits for discrete I/O signals

REDEYE Guidance & Control Unit (Export)

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  • Thermal management and reliability

    Heat-dissipation design for efficient heat spreading and thermal management

  • Multiple communication interfaces

    Wired and high-speed communication control across a range of standard interfaces

  • Signal processing and logic design

    Multi-channel signal-control circuits with communication channels integrated in programmable logic

  • Real-time monitoring interface

    Real-time temperature and voltage-level sensing to track system status

  • Signal control and circuit protection

    Discrete-signal I/O control and protection circuits for system stability

Ship-** Ⅱ Guidance & Control Unit

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  • Thermal management and heat-dissipation structure

    Heat-dissipation design for efficient heat spreading and stable operation

  • Multiple communication interfaces

    Control and implementation of wired, high-speed and standard serial interfaces

  • Signal control and logic circuit design

    Multi-channel signal-control circuits with communication channels integrated in programmable logic

  • Real-time system monitoring

    Real-time temperature and voltage-level sensing and monitoring of the operating environment

  • Signal I/O and circuit protection

    Discrete-signal I/O control and protection circuits against over-voltage and signal interference

Guidance Data Receiver (Weapon Datalink Modem)

MPSOC- and RFSOC-based signal-processing boards and 1T3R modem platforms that let the round receive target and mission data from the ground or shipboard control station in real time.

Operating Concept

Guidance & Control Unit — Operating Concept

Inside a guided-weapon system the guidance & control unit exchanges power, commands and target data with the forward and aft subsystems, controlling the round through every phase of flight. The diagram magnifies the position of the unit within the round and shows the signals exchanged with each subsystem.

Guidance Data Receiver
Forward Subsystems
Nose Cap
  • Incoming signalNose-cap separation signal
  • Incoming signalPower, target data, commands
  • Outgoing signalTarget data, track & detection data
Inertial Measurement Unit
  • Outgoing signalAcceleration, angular rate
  • Incoming signalPower, clock
  • Incoming signalPower, commands
  • Outgoing signalTarget data, mission data
Aft Subsystems
  • Two-way signalDrive commands, responses, status
  • Incoming signalPower
  • Outgoing signalGNSS data, status
  • Incoming signalPower, commands
Flight Measurement Unit
  • Incoming signalIn-round data, power
  • Incoming signalDetonation signal, delay data
  • Outgoing signalStatus data
Guided-rocket configuration — the marked band is where the guidance & control unit sits

Guided-rocket configuration — the marked band is where the guidance data receiver sits

L-SA* Modem Board

In production

L-SA* modem platform development

  • Modem platform development

    Modem-board system platform for high-performance communication

  • High-performance signal-processing design

    Integrated digital and RF signal-processing board built on a multi-function processor

  • RF transceiver architecture

    Multi-channel RF transmit/receive architecture

  • Commercial results and production

    System development completed and series production established

Short-Range Air-to-Air Modem Board

In development

Short-range air-to-air modem platform development

  • Airborne communication modem platform

    Modem-board system dedicated to short-range air-to-air communication

  • High-performance RF signal-processing board

    Domestically developed signal-processing board integrating RF and digital processing

  • Multi-channel RF transceiver architecture

    Multi-channel RF transmit/receive architecture

  • Development status

    Localisation and core-technology development in progress

Ship-** Ⅱ Modem Board

In development

Ship-** Ⅱ modem and weapon-datalink platform development

  • Guided-weapon modem platform

    Modem-board system platform for the next-generation surface-to-air guided-weapon system (Ham**-Ⅱ)

  • High-performance signal-processing design

    Integrated digital and RF signal-processing board built on a multi-function processor

  • Multi-channel RF transceiver architecture

    Multi-channel RF transmit/receive architecture for stable data transfer

  • Development status

    Core technologies implemented; development in progress

L-SA*-Ⅱ Modem Board

In development

L-SA*-Ⅱ modem and weapon-datalink platform development

  • Guided-weapon modem platform

    Modem-board system platform for the next-generation long-range surface-to-air guided-weapon system (L-SA*-Ⅱ)

  • High-performance signal-processing design

    Integrated digital and RF signal-processing board built on a multi-function processor

  • Multi-channel RF transceiver architecture

    Multi-channel RF transmit/receive architecture for stable data transfer

  • Development status

    Core technologies implemented; development in progress

MSA*-Block-Ⅲ Modem Board

In development

MSA*-Block-Ⅲ modem platform development

  • Guided-weapon modem platform

    Modem-board system platform for the next-generation medium-range surface-to-air guided-weapon system (MSA*-Block-Ⅲ)

  • High-performance signal-processing design

    Integrated digital and RF signal-processing board built on a multi-function processor

  • Dual-band RF transceiver architecture

    Flexible RF transmit/receive architecture supporting multiple frequency bands and channels

  • Development status

    Core technologies implemented; development in progress

Actuation Unit (Actuator Controller)

The actuation-unit circuit-card assembly: it takes drive commands from the guidance & control unit, generates the drive output for each actuator axis, and measures actuator status.

Operating Concept

Guidance & Control Unit — Operating Concept

Inside a guided-weapon system the guidance & control unit exchanges power, commands and target data with the forward and aft subsystems, controlling the round through every phase of flight. The diagram magnifies the position of the unit within the round and shows the signals exchanged with each subsystem.

Actuation Unit
Forward Subsystems
Nose Cap
  • Incoming signalNose-cap separation signal
  • Incoming signalPower, target data, commands
  • Outgoing signalTarget data, track & detection data
Inertial Measurement Unit
  • Outgoing signalAcceleration, angular rate
  • Incoming signalPower, clock
  • Incoming signalPower, commands
  • Outgoing signalTarget data, mission data
Aft Subsystems
  • Two-way signalDrive commands, responses, status
  • Incoming signalPower
  • Outgoing signalGNSS data, status
  • Incoming signalPower, commands
Flight Measurement Unit
  • Incoming signalIn-round data, power
  • Incoming signalDetonation signal, delay data
  • Outgoing signalStatus data
Guided-rocket configuration — the marked band is where the guidance & control unit sits

Guided-rocket configuration — the marked band is where the actuation unit sits

MSA*-Block-Ⅲ Actuator Controller

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Actuation-unit circuit-card assembly

  • Integrated actuator control and computation

    Actuator status measurement, real-time control computation and signal generation

  • Multi-axis drive output

    Dedicated drive outputs for multi-axis actuators

  • Inter-module signal interface

    Stable signal connection between circuit cards and peripheral units

  • Stable power supply

    Supply and distribution of the power the controller needs

Anti-Jam GNSS RF Assembly

Operating Concept

Guidance & Control Unit — Operating Concept

Inside a guided-weapon system the guidance & control unit exchanges power, commands and target data with the forward and aft subsystems, controlling the round through every phase of flight. The diagram magnifies the position of the unit within the round and shows the signals exchanged with each subsystem.

Anti-Jam GNSS Unit
Forward Subsystems
Nose Cap
  • Incoming signalNose-cap separation signal
  • Incoming signalPower, target data, commands
  • Outgoing signalTarget data, track & detection data
Inertial Measurement Unit
  • Outgoing signalAcceleration, angular rate
  • Incoming signalPower, clock
  • Incoming signalPower, commands
  • Outgoing signalTarget data, mission data
Aft Subsystems
  • Two-way signalDrive commands, responses, status
  • Incoming signalPower
  • Outgoing signalGNSS data, status
  • Incoming signalPower, commands
Flight Measurement Unit
  • Incoming signalIn-round data, power
  • Incoming signalDetonation signal, delay data
  • Outgoing signalStatus data
Guided-rocket configuration — the marked band is where the guidance & control unit sits

Guided-rocket configuration — the marked band is where the anti-jam gnss unit sits

Common features

GPS receiver able to operate under attack from external jamming systems

  • Low-noise amplifier design
  • Phase-noise minimisation through reference-oscillator design
  • Multi-channel / multi-band implementation and miniaturisation design
  • Frequency up/down conversion and digital signal conversion design
  • Digital-noise suppression through power-rail isolation

L-SA* Anti-Jam GNSS RF Board

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Shielded board with eight RF connectors and a high-density signal connector

L-SA*-Ⅱ Anti-Jam GNSS RF Board

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Next-generation RF board built on the L-SA* RF-board platform

Long-Range Air-to-Ground GNSS RF Board

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Housing-integrated RF assembly with side-mounted RF ports

Ship-** Missile Ⅱ GNSS RF Board

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Compact housing with integral mounting lugs and compartmented shielding

Fuze TDD Signal Processor

The signal processor of the target-detection device (TDD) that determines the point of closest approach and issues the detonation signal — demanding both very high-speed digital signal processing and high-reliability power and monitoring design.

Operating Concept

Guidance & Control Unit — Operating Concept

Inside a guided-weapon system the guidance & control unit exchanges power, commands and target data with the forward and aft subsystems, controlling the round through every phase of flight. The diagram magnifies the position of the unit within the round and shows the signals exchanged with each subsystem.

Forward Subsystems
Nose Cap
  • Incoming signalNose-cap separation signal
  • Incoming signalPower, target data, commands
  • Outgoing signalTarget data, track & detection data
Inertial Measurement Unit
  • Outgoing signalAcceleration, angular rate
  • Incoming signalPower, clock
  • Incoming signalPower, commands
  • Outgoing signalTarget data, mission data
Aft Subsystems
  • Two-way signalDrive commands, responses, status
  • Incoming signalPower
  • Outgoing signalGNSS data, status
  • Incoming signalPower, commands
Flight Measurement Unit
  • Incoming signalIn-round data, power
  • Incoming signalDetonation signal, delay data
  • Outgoing signalStatus data
Guided-rocket configuration — the marked band is where the guidance & control unit sits

Guided-rocket configuration — the marked band is where the fuze sits

Ship-** Ⅱ Fuze TDD Signal Processor

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  • Ultra-high-speed signal processing and algorithms

    High-performance signal-processing circuits for real-time handling of large data volumes and complex algorithms

  • High-speed data interfaces

    Serial interfaces optimised for fast, stable transfer of large data between the core compute modules

  • Signal integrity and noise control

    Advanced routing and board design that preserve high-speed signal quality and minimise analogue noise

  • High-reliability power management and protection

    Stable power distribution with input-protection circuits that prevent system damage

  • Real-time health monitoring

    Real-time sensing and monitoring of voltage, current and temperature for safe operation

Hae* Fuze TDD Signal Processor

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  • High-speed RF signal processing and logic

    Logic optimised for real-time computation on RF signals and high-speed digital signal processing

  • High-efficiency power management and conversion

    Miniature, high-efficiency power conversion and noise-filtering circuits for stable communication and control modules

  • High-speed, low-latency internal interfaces

    Real-time, high-speed, low-latency data links between the core control components

  • Real-time health monitoring

    Real-time sensing and remote monitoring of voltage, current, temperature and output status for system reliability

Seeker (Frequency Synthesizer)

Operating Concept

Guidance & Control Unit — Operating Concept

Inside a guided-weapon system the guidance & control unit exchanges power, commands and target data with the forward and aft subsystems, controlling the round through every phase of flight. The diagram magnifies the position of the unit within the round and shows the signals exchanged with each subsystem.

Seeker
Forward Subsystems
Nose Cap
  • Incoming signalNose-cap separation signal
  • Incoming signalPower, target data, commands
  • Outgoing signalTarget data, track & detection data
Inertial Measurement Unit
  • Outgoing signalAcceleration, angular rate
  • Incoming signalPower, clock
  • Incoming signalPower, commands
  • Outgoing signalTarget data, mission data
Aft Subsystems
  • Two-way signalDrive commands, responses, status
  • Incoming signalPower
  • Outgoing signalGNSS data, status
  • Incoming signalPower, commands
Flight Measurement Unit
  • Incoming signalIn-round data, power
  • Incoming signalDetonation signal, delay data
  • Outgoing signalStatus data
Guided-rocket configuration — the marked band is where the guidance & control unit sits

Guided-rocket configuration — the marked band is where the seeker sits

Common features

Frequency signal generator for precision target detection

  • High-resolution design using DDS
  • Vibration-tolerant low-phase-noise design
  • LFM and HRR waveform generation design
  • High-speed switching design
  • Ku-band RF signal generation design

Cheon*-Ⅰ Frequency Synthesizer

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Single shielded housing with three RF connectors

Cheon*-Ⅱ Frequency Synthesizer

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Housing with multiple shielded cavities

Hae* Frequency Synthesizer

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Two-unit set: reference signal generator and synthesizer body

L-SA* Frequency Synthesizer

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Multi-cavity shielded structure with side-mounted RF ports

Seeker (Servo Controller)

Servo controllers that stabilise the line of sight of imaging seekers.

L-SA*-Ⅱ Imaging Seeker Servo Controller

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Servo-control circuit-card assembly driving the imaging-seeker gimbal

  • BiSS-C/SSI encoder interface design
  • RS-422/RS-232 communication interface design
  • PMSM servo-motor current control
  • Isolated phase-current feedback circuit design
  • Isolation circuit design between the control and drive stages
  • Temperature and voltage-level monitoring interface design
  • Discrete-signal I/O and protection circuit design

Weapon Employment Support Equipment · Aerial Target Drone

Cockpit and portable equipment that supports weapon employment, together with the guidance & control unit of an aerial target drone: the command & communication device that transmits the mission to an air-launched guided munition from the cockpit, the code loader that loads and transfers crypto codes, and the GCU of the supersonic cruise target drone used in air-defence live-fire training.

Employment concept of the air-launched guided munition
Operating concept of the command & communication device
Module configuration of the command & communication device
IFF architecture
Employment concept of the code loader

Command & Communication Device — Air-Launched Guided Munition (Domestic / Export)

In production

Host aircraft: F-5E/F, F-15K, F-4E, (K)F-16C/D, FA-50

  • Real-time computation and display of the release area from aircraft latitude, longitude, altitude and speed
  • Optimised map rendering
  • Day and night GUI skins, with four-step LCD backlight control for night operation
  • One-touch mission erase for pilot safety in an emergency
  • Compliant with the defence map-symbol standard MND-STD-0023A-02
  • Compliant with DAPA weapon-system software development and management regulations

OOO Code Loader — OO System OOOO Upgrade

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  • Performs code-loader and code-transfer functions, with OOOO operating-concept setting
  • Consolidates the separate code-entry and code-transfer accessories into a single device
  • FPGA-linked protocol design for sharing codes between code loaders
  • Security design that erases the codes automatically on disassembly or battery depletion

Supersonic Cruise Aerial Target Drone GCU (Domestic / Export)

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  • Power management and drive control

    Stable multi-channel power supply with built-in BLDC motor drive and Hall-sensor input circuits

  • High-performance processing and system control

    DSP- and FPGA-based processing for communication with, and integrated control of, the internal components

  • Signal processing and I/O control

    Multi-channel I/O control, constant-current control outputs, analogue signal processing and protection circuits

  • Communication and interfaces

    Multi-channel communication interfaces across serial, Ethernet and other standards

  • Real-time system monitoring

    Real-time temperature and voltage-level monitoring for a stable operating environment

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AI Business

Through its advanced-technology task force Digitron researches a reinforcement-learning flight-control platform and an imaging seeker running on a domestic NPU, and is extending that work into an AI-based counter-drone interception system built around low-altitude radar and an interceptor drone.

AI Autonomous Control (Reinforcement Learning)

Reinforcement learning — where the agent discovers optimal behavior from rewards alone, without being told the rules or the answer — applied to automatic flight control, on an in-house platform that closes the loop between a repeatable simulation environment and the learning model.

RL Autonomous Control Platform

Advanced R&D

A closed-loop learning architecture linking the simulation environment and the RL model through state, reward, and action.

  • PyGame-based repeatable test environment providing state and reward in real time
  • Seven observations: flight stage · yaw · pitch · tilt · target screen coordinates (dx, dy) · elapsed time (dT)
  • Three actions: yaw · pitch · tilt (23 discrete levels each, mapped to angular rates)
  • Reward design: per-frame proximity to image center plus terminal hit/miss rewards
  • Coordinate system defined by azimuth, elevation, line of sight (LOS), and field of view (FOV)

Flight Scenario Modeling

Advanced R&D

A four-stage flight scenario — boost, cruise, synchronize, attack — with terminal decision logic.

  • Randomized initial conditions: speed 100–200 m/s · initial pitch −40 to −10° · boost 3–5 s
  • Randomized target speed of 30–60 km/h
  • Automatic switching of attitude and camera control targets (pitch · tilt) per stage
  • Terminal outcomes: HIT · CRASH · loss of lock · MISS
  • Training monitor: camera view · map · altitude and attitude graphs

RL Model (PPO)

Advanced R&D

Actor/Critic policy learning with PPO (Proximal Policy Optimization) on Stable-Baselines3.

  • Implemented on Stable-Baselines3, the de-facto standard RL library
  • Actor/Critic architecture with two hidden (linear) layers
  • Actor [128, 128] · Critic [256, 256] networks
  • Convergence analysis comparing learning rates of 0.001 and 0.0003

AI Vision Seeker

Real-time target detection, tracking, and guidance-command generation using a single monocular vision sensor and a domestic NPU — aimed at substantially reducing the weight, power draw, structural complexity, and operating cost of multi-sensor approaches.

Monocular Target Detection & Tracking

Advanced R&D

Real-time object detection and target lock-on maintenance from monocular RGB video.

  • Bounding-box output from deep-learning detectors (YOLO and MobileNet families)
  • Target selected as the detection whose center is nearest the lock-on position
  • When objects cross or overlap, the detection closest to the predicted position is kept as the same target
  • Loss of lock is declared when the target leaves the frame beyond a set duration

LOS-Based Guidance Control

Advanced R&D

Converting image-coordinate error into line-of-sight (LOS) angular error to generate guidance and camera commands.

  • Error between target center and image center, normalized by frame size
  • Conversion to horizontal and vertical LOS error using HFOV and VFOV
  • Real-time generation of vehicle yaw/pitch and camera tilt/zoom commands
  • Communication protocol design across simulator, controller, and detector

Domestic-NPU Embedded Inference

Advanced R&D

Real-time inference verified on a Raspberry Pi 5 with a domestic DeepX NPU (dx-m1).

  • YOLOX-Nano averages 6.5 ms — roughly 10× faster than the same board's CPU (69.2 ms)
  • On the NPU: YOLOX-Tiny 8.2 ms · MobileNetV2+SSD 8.4 ms · YOLO26n 19.6 ms
  • Benchmarked against PC GPU/CPU environments, confirming embedded real-time feasibility
  • Verified against a Unity-based flight simulator — target range 1.5–2.5 km · speed approx. 170 m/s

AI-Based Counter-Drone Interception System

From first detection by the low-altitude radar to autonomous identification, tracking and interception by the interceptor drone — a counter-drone engagement sequence tied together by Digitron's own AI vision algorithms.

Operating concept of the AI-based counter-drone interception system

Detection, Alerting and Engagement Control

01

The hostile loitering munition is first detected 2 km out and the engagement is authorised at the control station.

  • Low-altitude radar first detects the intruding loitering munition at 2 km
  • Detected threat-track data is transmitted to the control-station system
  • The operator confirms the threat on the display and authorises the intercept
  • On authorisation the interceptor drone launches toward the predicted target point

AI Target Identification and Tracking

02

Digitron's own AI algorithms analyse the interceptor drone's EO camera video in real time.

  • The drone begins its manoeuvre and activates its onboard electro-optical camera
  • In-house AI algorithms analyse the live EO video stream
  • The algorithm identifies the visual signature of the hostile drone
  • Real-time detection draws a precise target box, then the system switches to tracking mode

Autonomous Intercept Guidance

03

The drone computes its own intercept trajectory from the AI detection data and the target's flight path.

  • Optimal intercept trajectory computed onboard from AI detection data and target motion
  • Precision guided flight along the computed trajectory to close on the hostile aircraft
  • Neutralisation of the loitering munition in the air
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Surveillance & Recon

Receive, signal-processing and antenna-control assemblies for low-altitude radar, the next-generation short-range air-defence radar and the counter-battery radar Ⅱ, together with compact, lightweight EO/IR signal processors — circuit-card assemblies designed and produced at every level from system to board.

Low-Altitude Radar

Within the system hierarchy — array antenna and digital-conversion assembly at system level, T/R control assembly at board level — Digitron develops the digital-conversion and transmit/receive control assemblies.

System Breakdown

System → Assembly → Board

System
  • Low-Altitude Radar
Assembly

Digital Conversion Assembly

01
  • Timing-signal generation design
  • HDLC / SPI / UART communication interface design

Transmit/Receive Control Assembly

02
  • Timing-signal generation, including search-radar transmit timing
  • Multi-channel ADC digital-conversion design
  • SFPDP interface design for optical signal conversion
  • FPDP / SPI / LVDS communication interface design
  • Built-in test circuit design for module and unit output signals

Next-Generation Short-Range Air-Defence Radar

Within the hierarchy — receive assembly at system level, multi-channel receive circuit module at board level — Digitron covers multi-channel reception and digital down-conversion.

System Breakdown

System → Assembly → Board

System
  • Next-Gen Short-Range Air-Defence Radar
Assembly
  • Receive Assembly

Multi-Channel Receive Circuit Module

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  • Receive-path ADC digital-conversion design
  • Optical-conversion IP core design
  • Optical-transceiver interface transmission design
  • S-FPDP / MSPI / LVDS communication interface design
  • Digital down-conversion (DDC) design
  • Digital filter design

Counter-Battery Radar Ⅱ

Six circuit-card assemblies spanning the solid-state transmit/receive module, the transmit/receive assembly and the antenna-control assembly.

System Breakdown

System → Assembly → Board

System
  • Counter-Battery Radar Ⅱ
Assembly
  • Solid-State T/R Module
  • T/R Assembly
  • Antenna Control Assembly

Multi-Channel Receive Circuit Module

01
  • Receive-path ADC digital-conversion design
  • Optical-conversion IP core design
  • Optical-transceiver interface transmission design
  • S-FPDP / MSPI / RS-422 communication interface design
  • Digital down-conversion (DDC) and digital filter design

Transmit/Receive Unit Control Module

02
  • Communication interfaces to the six subordinate modules
  • FPGA logic design using a hardware description language
  • DSP design for high-speed computation and control

Power Control Circuit Card

03
  • Power and current monitoring and regulation
  • Power sequencing
  • Per-channel over-current and over-voltage cut-off
  • Safe power switching

Beam-Steering Module

04
  • Microwave and antenna design
  • Phase shifter, high-power amplifier and variable-gain amplifier design
  • FPGA logic design using a hardware description language
  • DSP design for high-speed computation and control

Antenna Control Module

05
  • Receive-path ADC digital-conversion design
  • S-FPDP optical-conversion communication interface design
  • HDLC / SPI / LVDS communication interface design

Antenna Calibration Module

06
  • Digital signal conversion and digital down-conversion (DDC) design
  • SPI / RS-232 communication interface design
  • DSP design for high-speed phase-information extraction and control

Electro-Optics (EO/IR)

Sensor-control, signal-processing, cable and temperature-sensor assemblies for compact, lightweight EO/IR signal processors.

Compact, Lightweight EO/IR Signal Processor

01
  • Sensor control board · thermal-dissipation design
  • Sensor control board · Camera Link and Aurora high-speed interface design
  • Sensor control board · focus and zoom motor drive design
  • Sensor control board · I²C / RS-422 / RS-232 / SPI interfaces and FPGA logic design
  • Signal-processing assembly · optical video receive interface and video format conversion
  • Elevation cable assembly · flexible PCB design
  • Temperature-sensor assembly · sensor monitoring interface design
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Avionics

Store management computers (SMC) for rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft, anti-jam GPS RF assemblies for unmanned aircraft, and AI-compute signal-fusion processors — circuit-card assemblies designed and produced at every level from system to board.

L** SMC (Store Management Computer)

For a rotary-wing aircraft. The computer that controls selection, aiming and release of aircraft stores. Within the breakdown — aircraft, store management computer, circuit-card assemblies — Digitron designs and produces the circuit-card assemblies.

System Breakdown

System → Assembly → Board

System
  • L**-Series Aircraft
Assembly
  • Store Management Computer

Transition Module

01
  • MIL-STD-1553B interface design
  • ARINC 429 interface design
  • Cut-off frequency design for filtered-connector fabrication
  • RS-422 and UART communication interface design
  • Protection circuit design against surge and indirect lightning

Motherboard

02
  • Impedance matching design for high-speed differential signals
  • EMI / EMC protection circuit design

K*-** SMC (Store Management Computer)

For a fixed-wing aircraft. The computer that controls selection, aiming and release of aircraft stores. Within the breakdown — aircraft, store management computer, circuit-card assemblies — Digitron designs and produces the circuit-card assemblies.

System Breakdown

System → Assembly → Board

System
  • K*-** Series Aircraft
Assembly
  • Store Management Computer

Emergency Jettison / Analogue Module (EJA)

01
  • Analogue audio circuit design
  • Discrete-signal I/O and protection circuit design
  • Built-in test circuit design for discrete-signal I/O
  • FPGA logic design and timing optimisation using a hardware description language
  • Surge and indirect-lightning protection circuit design
  • Analogue circuit design for missile launch
  • Analogue filter design for noise minimisation

Transition Module

02
  • MIL-STD-1553B interface design
  • ARINC 429 interface design
  • Cut-off frequency design for filtered-connector fabrication
  • RS-422 and UART communication interface design
  • Protection circuit design against surge and indirect lightning

M** SMC (Store Management Computer)

For a rotary-wing aircraft. The computer that controls selection, aiming and release of aircraft stores. Within the breakdown — aircraft, store management computer, circuit-card assemblies — Digitron designs and produces the circuit-card assemblies.

System Breakdown

System → Assembly → Board

System
  • M**-Series Aircraft
Assembly
  • Store Management Computer

Transition Module

01
  • MIL-STD-1553B interface design
  • ARINC 429 interface design
  • Cut-off frequency design for filtered-connector fabrication
  • RS-422 and UART communication interface design
  • Protection circuit design against surge and indirect lightning

Motherboard

02
  • Impedance matching design for high-speed differential signals
  • EMI / EMC protection circuit design

Store Management Module

03
  • MIL-STD-1553B interface design
  • MIL-STD-1760 mux-bus interface design
  • FPGA logic design and timing optimisation using a hardware description language
  • DSP design for high-speed computation and control
  • RS-232 and RS-422 communication interface design
  • Discrete-signal I/O and protection circuit design

Station I/O Module (#1/#2/#3)

04
  • Video-signal selection output design using an RS-170 mux
  • FPGA logic design and timing optimisation using a hardware description language
  • Discrete-signal I/O and protection circuit design
  • Built-in test design for discrete-signal circuits

Anti-Jam GPS RF Assembly

GPS receiver able to operate under attack from external jamming systems

MALE UAV B6

01

GPS receiver able to operate under attack from external jamming systems

  • Low-noise amplifier design
  • Phase-noise minimisation through reference-oscillator design
  • Multi-channel / multi-band implementation and miniaturisation design
  • Frequency up/down conversion and digital signal conversion design
  • Digital-noise suppression through power-rail isolation

Next-Generation Corps UAV A5

02

GPS receiver able to operate under attack from external jamming systems

  • Low-noise amplifier design
  • Phase-noise minimisation through reference-oscillator design
  • Multi-channel / multi-band implementation and miniaturisation design
  • Frequency up/down conversion and digital signal conversion design
  • Digital-noise suppression through power-rail isolation

LiDAR–Video Signal Fusion

AI-compute hardware that fuses high-resolution optical camera and LiDAR signals in real time for military unmanned systems.

Concept of LiDAR–video signal fusion
System Breakdown

System → Processor

System
  • Military Unmanned Ground Vehicle

LiDAR–Video Signal Fusion Processor

In development
  • Synchronisation and fusion of heterogeneous sensor signals
  • Integrated SD camera, EO camera, Camera Link and LiDAR interfaces
  • Thermal and power design for vehicle installation

Drone Signal-Fusion Processor

An AI-compute board for military unmanned systems (drones and ground vehicles), with an in-house carrier board.

System Breakdown

System → Processor

System
  • Military Unmanned Systems (Drone / Ground Vehicle)

Drone Signal-Fusion Processor

In development

Technology development for military unmanned systems

  • Customisable form factor
  • Built-in test function
  • In-house carrier board
05

Aviation Lighting

Korea's first NVIS-compatible aircraft LED lighting systems, developed to MIL-STD-3009 and SAE ARP 5825A and supplied to airworthiness standards as complete interior and exterior lighting sets with controllers.

K** Interior/Exterior Lighting

Interior lighting — general, utility, inspection, cabin and hoist lamps — with exterior formation, anti-collision and position lights, and four power-supply units.

Interior and exterior lighting fit of the K** aircraft

General Lamp (Interior)

01

Cockpit dome light — NVIS White interior lighting

  • Mounted on the cockpit ceiling to light the whole cockpit
  • Switched on and dimmed with its own knob

Utility Lamp (Interior)

02

Hand-held, corded utility interior lamp

  • Mounted left and right of the overhead console to give the pilot light on demand in flight
  • Switched on and dimmed with its own knob
  • Coiled cable lets it be taken off its mount and used by hand

Formation Light (Exterior)

03

Exterior light for mutual position identification in formation flight

  • Mounted on the aircraft exterior
  • Shows the attitude and position of the aircraft to the trailing pilot in night formation flight

Anti-Collision Light (Exterior)

04

High-intensity dual-colour (white/red) anti-collision light

  • Mounted on the upper and lower fuselage to prevent collisions between aircraft
  • Flashes 40–100 times per minute
  • Operates in VISIBLE (NVIS-friendly) and IR modes

Position Light, Left (Exterior)

05

Aviation Red port navigation light

  • Mounted on the left side of the aircraft
  • Indicates the aircraft’s position and direction of travel
  • Operates in VISIBLE (NVIS-friendly) and IR modes

Position Light, Right (Exterior)

06

Aviation Green starboard navigation light

  • Mounted on the right side of the aircraft
  • Indicates the aircraft’s position and direction of travel
  • Operates in VISIBLE (NVIS-friendly) and IR modes

Position Light, Aft (Exterior)

07

Aviation White aft navigation light

  • Mounted at the rear of the aircraft
  • Indicates the aircraft’s position and direction of travel
  • Operates in VISIBLE (NVIS-friendly) and IR modes

Power Supplies, 4 Types (Position / Formation Controllers)

08

Position-light controller and formation-light controller

  • Supplies power to the interior and exterior lighting systems
  • Switches between Visible and IR modes and controls brightness

Inspection & Maintenance Lamp

09

Hand-held inspection lamp for maintenance work

  • Provides light for ground inspection and maintenance where daylight is insufficient
  • Switched on and dimmed with its own knob
  • Stowed in a pouch in the rear equipment bay and plugged into an on-board receptacle for inspection and maintenance

Cabin Lamp

10

NVIS-compatible cabin interior lamp

  • Mounted on the cabin ceiling
  • Lights the whole cabin

Hoist Lamp

11

Lamp for hoist operations

  • Mounted at the front and rear of the cargo-hoist bay
  • Lights the cargo-hoist bay

L** Interior/Exterior Lighting

General and utility interior lamps with formation, anti-collision and position exterior lights, plus two controller types.

Interior and exterior lighting fit of the L** aircraft

General Lamp (Interior)

01

Cockpit dome light — NVIS White interior lighting

  • Mounted on the cockpit ceiling to light the whole cockpit
  • Switched on and dimmed with its own knob

Utility Lamp (Interior)

02

Hand-held, corded utility interior lamp

  • Mounted left and right of the overhead console to give the pilot light on demand in flight
  • Switched on and dimmed with its own knob
  • Coiled cable lets it be taken off its mount and used by hand

Formation Light (Exterior)

03

Exterior light for mutual position identification in formation flight

  • Mounted on the aircraft exterior
  • Shows the attitude and position of the aircraft to the trailing pilot in night formation flight

Anti-Collision Light (Exterior)

04

High-intensity dual-colour (white/red) anti-collision light

  • Mounted on the upper and lower fuselage to prevent collisions between aircraft
  • Flashes 40–100 times per minute
  • Operates in VISIBLE (NVIS-friendly) and IR modes

Position Light, Left (Exterior)

05

Aviation Red port navigation light

  • Mounted on the left side of the aircraft
  • Indicates the aircraft’s position and direction of travel
  • Operates in VISIBLE (NVIS-friendly) and IR modes

Position Light, Right (Exterior)

06

Aviation Green starboard navigation light

  • Mounted on the right side of the aircraft
  • Indicates the aircraft’s position and direction of travel
  • Operates in VISIBLE (NVIS-friendly) and IR modes

Position Light, Aft (Exterior)

07

Aviation White aft navigation light

  • Mounted at the rear of the aircraft
  • Indicates the aircraft’s position and direction of travel
  • Operates in VISIBLE (NVIS-friendly) and IR modes

Controllers, 2 Types (Position / Formation)

08

Position-light controller and formation-light controller

  • Supplies power to the interior and exterior lighting systems
  • Switches between Visible and IR modes and controls brightness

Fixed-Wing and Civil Aviation Lighting

Supersonic Trainer T-50 Smart LED Lighting

01

Aviation smart LED lighting system

  • Integrated taxi and landing light

Civil Aviation Anti-Collision Light

02

Aircraft anti-collision light

  • Mounted on the upper and lower fuselage to prevent collisions between aircraft
  • Flashes 40–100 times per minute
06

EW · Communications

The RC jamming signal generator of the counter-small-UAS system, and TMMR and tactical communication equipment.

Counter-Small-UAS System Block-Ⅰ

A jamming signal generator that, cued by the RC signal detector, disrupts the radio-control link of small unmanned aircraft band by band.

Operating concept of the counter-small-UAS system

RC Jamming Signal Generator

01
  • Generates jamming signals across the RC1–RC5 bands to disrupt the radio-control link of small UAS
  • Cued by the RC signal detector so that only the required bands are jammed

EW · Communication Equipment

Common features

  • Slim PC built on an in-house SBC design
  • Per-channel codecs for independent transmit and receive (data and voice)
  • Docking station providing LAN plus three voice and three data channels

TMMR Remote Controller

01

Signal-processing board for the multi-band multi-function radio (TMMR) remote controller

TMMR Signal Processor

02

TMMR signal-processing board

701 / 701-Ⅱ

03

Signal-processing board for tactical communication equipment

07

Commercial Modules

Core technologies developed for defence programmes, productised and sold as commercial modules — the SDLC communication module, the FPGA/DSP JTAG emulator, the localised 1553B communication chipset and the squib IC for guided weapons. A datasheet is available for each module.

SDLC Communication Module (Serial to Ethernet Converter)

01

100mm × 80mm · Ethernet 10/100-T · RS-422 · USB

  • Ultra-compact form factor

    Compact board format that maximises space efficiency

  • High-reliability operating environment

    Low-power operation and environmental reliability across industrial and military operating and storage temperature ranges

  • Versatile communication and programming interfaces

    Ethernet, serial and wired programming / data-transfer interfaces

  • In-house core logic IP

    Built-in high-performance communication-control core developed by Digitron

FPGA/DSP JTAG Emulator

02

65mm × 50mm · USB-powered (DC +5V)

  • Ultra-compact and highly portable

    Ultra-compact board designed for maximum space efficiency

  • Convenient power supply

    Powered simply over a standard USB connection — no external power unit needed

  • Programming for a range of targets

    Program loading and download for the main compute and logic processors

  • High-reliability environmental rating

    Industrial / military-grade design for stable operation in harsh operating and storage conditions

1553B Communication Chipset

Localization (KRIT 2023.08–2027.02)

Localization of the 1553B communication chipset for long-range air-to-ground guided weapons

  • Lower cost than imported parts

    An in-house communication solution that answers rising prices of imported parts

  • Export-licence (E/L) independence

    Localisation of a core part to remove export-licence (E/L) constraints on overseas sales

  • Core defence technology at lower cost

    Cost savings and independent capability through localised high-reliability communication ICs for aircraft and guided weapons

Squib IC for Guided Weapons

04

ADD technology transfer · squib power module

  • Special-purpose power module

    Dedicated single-output power-conversion module for squib firing

  • High-efficiency switching design

    High-frequency switching for maximum conversion efficiency, with selectable output current

  • Ultra-compact packaging

    Small-footprint, low-profile package for better space efficiency

  • High-reliability environmental rating

    Wide operating-temperature range for stable operation in harsh industrial and military conditions

CORE TECHNOLOGY

Hardware

  • Embedded system design based on high-speed DSP (Davinci, ARM9) and CPU (Intel, Motorola)
  • Single-board computer (SBC) design (x86, ARM, PPC, FPGA)
  • High-speed multi-channel mixed analog/digital circuit (ADC, DAC, DDS) design
  • Power circuit (AC/DC, DC/DC) · frequency synthesizer · waveform generator · RF receiver design
  • High-density PCB (Mentor) design

Communication · Interface

  • Communication I/F (MIL-STD-1553B, ARINC429, CAN, LAN, USB, FPDP, RS-422, UART, SPI, I2C, Optic)
  • S-FPDP IP-core interface (Xilinx Virtex-II/4/5, Kintex-7)
  • System bus (VME64/32, PCI, PMC, custom) design

Software

  • EPLD/FPGA (ALTERA, Xilinx ISE/Vivado) custom logic design
  • RTOS (WinCE 6.0, VxWorks, Linux) porting · driver · application design
  • PC application (Visual C++, C) design

Defense Systems · Others

  • Defense system design (radar · guided weapons · electronic warfare)
  • Aviation LED lighting design
  • Enclosure (ATR, 19-inch console, custom) design
  • In-house products: SDLC communication module, JTAG emulator, squib IC, 1553B chipset

AI · Autonomous Control

  • Reinforcement-learning (PPO) flight control policy design and training environment construction
  • Deep-learning object detection (YOLO · MobileNet families) — model application and lightweighting
  • Embedded AI inference optimization on a domestic NPU (DeepX)
  • Vision-based target detection/tracking and LOS guidance-angle computation algorithms
  • Unity/PyGame-based flight simulators and hardware-in-the-loop test environments