Antennas for installation on unmanned aerial vehicles

The widespread use of unmanned aerial vehicles for various purposes, expanding scope of their application and ever-increasing requirements for the durability of communication channels urgently require the development of new effective antenna solutions for the equipment of command radio control lines and payloads. The article is devoted to a brief analysis of the available information about the radio lines of unmanned aerial vehicles, solutions in the field of antennas for the equipment of command control radio lines and payload and the study of perspective antennas for the repeaters placed on unmanned aerial vehicles. The review of the general types of antennas that may be installed on unmanned aerial vehicles, including pin, microstrip and spiral ones, as well as antenna arrays based on them, made it possible to substantiate the prospects of using low-profile and spiral antennas for repeaters installed on unmanned aerial vehicles. The studies conducted on the frequency and spatial characteristics of low-profile and spiral antennas have confirmed their sufficient effectiveness. Proposed solutions can be used as a basis for development of perspective antennas for repeaters installed on unmanned aerial vehicles.