Der IFF Core bekommt sein finales Gehäuse
Abgeschrägte Ecken, ein handschuhtauglicher Schalter, eine Akkuanzeige mit vier LEDs und eine bündige Gummikappe über USB-C: Was sich mit Gehäuse v24 ändert.
IFF Core
The secure identification standard for the hybrid force.
Our IFF core lets soldiers, drones, ground vehicles and weapon systems recognise each other as friendly, preventing friendly fire and enabling interoperability without GPS or network infrastructure.
- Up to 500 m
- Identification range
- ~70 ms
- Identification latency
- Secure ranging
- Cryptographic identity plus measured distance
- > 500 MHz
- Signal bandwidth, low signature
Identification was built for aircraft. We built it for everything else.
- Soldiers and dismounted forces
- UAVs
- UGVs
- Weapon systems and stations
- Other unmanned and autonomous systems
How it works
Identify before you act.
Radio dialog
Two IFF nodes talk directly, device to device.
Credential check
Each side proves it holds valid cryptographic credentials.
Secure ranging
The same exchange measures the physical distance between them.
Decision
Authenticated: a friend. No valid answer: no friend classification.
Secure if captured
Short key lifetimes, regular rotation and revocation limit what a lost device can do.
Loss or capture of a device
Relay and replay attacks
Unauthorised key extraction
Unauthorised network join
Unauthorised key provisioning
Central key and credential management
Use cases
Same core.
Different mission.
- SoldierFriend identification
Device to device, at the decision moment.
- DronesFPV recognition
Own troops and own drones, recognised.
- NetworkCovert mesh
Self-forming, multi-hop, self-healing.
- EntryThrough-door sensing
Who is behind the door, and where.
- DronesFormation flight
One lead, followers hold position.
- GroundUGV identification
Ground robots hold fire on friends.
- WeaponRail-mounted IFF
Warns when a friend is in the line of fire.
- DronesGPS-denied landing
With a ground tag or on radar alone.
- NetworkBlue-force tracking
Positions on the same network.
- EWJammed environments
Narrowband jammers cancelled in hardware.
- DronesInterceptor drones
Hold fire on friendly aircraft.
- GroundRemote weapon stations
Identification at the weapon itself.
- DronesLogistics and delivery
Lands carrier drones on a marked spot.
- EntryBreathing detection
Finds people who stand still.
- DronesLoitering overwatch
Holds station over the objective.
- NetworkCommand post bridge
Rear networks join as mesh nodes.
- GroundFollow-me convoys
UGVs hold angle and distance to a lead.
- DronesSwarm control
Shared position without satellites.
- NetworkIndoor relay
Followers carry data into a structure.
- DronesAerial relay
Lifts the mesh over terrain masking.
Soldier and weapon
Soldiers and weapons that recognise every friend.
On the rail, the IFF Core checks who is in front of the muzzle. Friendly devices answer with a cryptographic identity and a measured distance, in about 70 milliseconds.
- Up to 500 m
- Identification range
- ~70 ms
- Identification latency
- No GNSS
- No permanent C2 link needed
Vanguard, at the door
See who is behind the door before you enter.
A sensor barely larger than a coin, placed at the door. It shows whether someone is directly behind it, whether others are deeper inside, and where they are.
- Up to 7 m
- Detection range
- ±30 cm
- Range accuracy
- 120°
- Field of view
- Breathing
- Micro-motion detection
Drones
Drones that fly in formation without GPS.
Each drone measures its distance to the others directly, over the same radio that identifies them. The formation holds when satellites are jammed.
- Secure ranging
- Distance from the radio dialog
- None
- GNSS dependency
- Software
- Formation flight runs on the same board
Drones and ground vehicles
Drones that land on a vehicle or marked spot without GPS.
A tag on the ground gives the drone its range all the way down. Fully automated landing on a vehicle or a marked spot, with no GNSS in the loop.
- Automated
- Landing procedure
- None
- GNSS dependency
- Same core
- On the drone and on the tag
Networks
A network that keeps the unit connected and hard to find.
The core that identifies friends also connects them. Drones, ground nodes and command posts form a self-healing mesh for video, sensor data and command, with shared positions and no satellites.
- Self-healing
- Multi-hop mesh
- LPI / LPD
- Low probability of intercept and detection
- None
- Satellite dependency
Loiter
Drones that hold station and relay.
Circling above the team, the drone keeps identifying the friendly nodes below and carries their data across the mesh.
- Up to 500 m
- Identification range
- Up to 10 dBm
- Transmit power
- Up to −110 dBm
- Receiver sensitivity
Specifications
IFF Core
- Identification range
- up to 500 m
- Identification latency
- approx. 70 ms
- Transmit power
- up to 10 dBm
- Receiver sensitivity
- up to −110 dBm
- Ranging
- Secure ranging
- GNSS dependency
- none
- Interface
- UART
- Supply voltage
- 3.3 – 5 V
- Power consumption
- approx. 300 mW
- Boot time
- approx. 500 ms
- Dimensions
- 59.8 × 53.7 × 8.9 mm
- Weight
- approx. 28 g
- Operating temperature
- −20 °C to +50 °C
Preliminary. Dimensions, weight, power consumption and temperature range depend on the platform integration and are specified for each product.
News
Latest from Lateration.
Secure Ranging, erklärt
Identität allein reicht nicht. Wie zwei IFF-Knoten in einem Funkdialog beweisen, wer sie sind und wie weit sie voneinander entfernt sind.
Formationsflug ohne GPS
Drohnen, die ihren Abstand per Ranging halten statt per Satellit: Notizen von einem Testflug mit einem IFF Core an jedem Fluggerät.
Company
Humans and machines will fight side by side. We make sure they never fight each other.
Deep expertise in electronic warfare, resilient localization and low-signature radio for GPS-denied and contested environments. Proprietary engineering, made in Germany.
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- Erding, Germany
- Team
- 50+ people
- Locations
- Three European countries