Varta Systems — Operational Roadmap

Shipped

In Progress

Planned

43+

RF signatures

150+

drone / jammer platforms

762

I/Q validation samples

13,997

acoustic segments

2391+

unit tests

hardware E2E profiles

Hardware — VartaSDR

Custom 2T2R SDR Board

VartaSDR

Zynq 7030 + ADRV9006 — 16-bit ADC, 40 MHz BW, GigE, MCS coherent sync, GPS/PPS. $1,499 MSRP / $999 volume. Drop-in SDR for Mini v2, Pro, and Max tiers.

Q1 2026 Shipped

Architecture & Component Selection

Zynq 7030 + ADRV9006 transceiver selected and validated
DP83867 GigE PHY for 1Gbps data path
USB-C PD power delivery design locked
SMA RF front-end topology finalized

Q2 2026 In Progress

PCB Layout & FPGA Gateware

Custom 6-layer board schematic capture and PCB layout
LVDS data interface and DMA engine gateware
I/Q streaming and MCS clock distribution logic
Power sequencing and signal integrity review

Q3 2026 Planned

Prototype Fabrication & Bring-Up

First-article board assembly
Power sequencing validation and RF characterization
Varta Platform driver integration (Mini v2 / Pro / Max)
Coherent MCS multi-board DF validation

Sep 2026 Planned

Production Launch

First production units ship at $1,499 MSRP / $999 volume (5+)
Sub-$800 at scale manufacturing
SDR developer community outreach & documentation
GNU Radio and Python driver packages

Platform Sensor — Varta Mini

Codename: Storozh — Edge Detection Node

Varta Mini

Lightweight edge sensor. Mini v1 (Pi Zero + TinySA, freq/power heuristic) and Mini v2 (Pi 5 + SDR, full I/Q + ONNX ML) — both in active field deployment. MQTT pairing, OTA firmware lifecycle.

Q4 2025 Shipped

Mini v1 — Production

Pi Zero 2W + TinySA Ultra+ frequency/power heuristic pipeline
MQTT fleet pairing and edge heartbeat
Heuristic signature engine with 43+ drone/jammer profiles
Field-deployed and validated in live environments

Q1 2026 Shipped

Mini v2 — Full I/Q + ONNX ML

Pi 5 + HAMGEEK Fish Ball SDR ($99 GigE SDR) full I/Q pipeline
ONNX on-device CNN inference — 90.3% classification accuracy
Cyclostationary + FHSS + RF Gate + benign signal rejector
Acoustic 3-stage detection (MFCC → threshold → ResNet-18)
Sensor lifecycle OTA, GPS-denied TDOA fallback, site baseline fingerprinting

Q2 2026 In Progress

Model Hardening & Acoustic Retraining

Acoustic class-balance retraining targeting >90% overall, >80% helicopter recall
CNN full-corpus retraining on RFUAV dataset
Acoustic threshold hardening for live-environment false positive reduction
FIPS 140-2/3 gap closure for government-grade deployments

EOY 2026 Planned

Mini v3 — Custom Integrated Board

Single-board design: VartaSDR RF section + embedded Linux compute
Full I/Q + CNN pipeline with 16-bit ADC — better dynamic range than Pi 5 + COTS SDR
Reduced BOM, lower power, simplified supply chain
Compact field-deployable enclosure

Platform Sensor — Varta Pro

Codename: Zakhysnyk — GPU-Accelerated Sensor Tier

Varta Pro

Jetson-based sensor node. TensorRT INT8 GPU inference, DF/TDOA geolocation, standalone or fleet operation. Full I/Q pipeline with DroneID enrichment, field capture sync, and RemoteID correlation.

Q1 2026 Shipped

Pro Tier — Production

Jetson GPU-accelerated DSP and TensorRT INT8 CNN inference
5-method geolocation: TDOA, DF intersection, DF+RSSI hybrid, Hybrid TDOA+RSSI, RSSI fallback
3-layer DF disambiguation, Doppler velocity estimation
DroneID/RemoteID enrichment, ELRS/CRSF frame decoder
Field capture sync pipeline, spectrogram API, signature-from-capture workflow

Q2 2026 In Progress

Multi-Sensor Field Validation

DF/TDOA quality benchmarking in live RF environments
Multi-sensor fusion stability testing
STIX/TAXII 2.1 SOC/SIEM export path validation
Critical infrastructure pilot deployments

EOY 2026 Planned

Pro Custom Board

Integrated VartaSDR RF section + Jetson Orin NX/Nano in single enclosure
MCS-synchronized dual-board 4-channel phase interferometry DF
Reduced cabling, purpose-built field enclosure

Q2 2027 Planned

Operational Scale & Compliance

SLA-backed support structure
Certified installer training program
Government compliance certification track
NDAA-constrained hardware profile for federal deployments

Platform Command — Varta Max

Codename: Bastion — Command Tier

Varta Max

Fleet command node. Multi-sensor fusion, Bastion command UI, TDOA/DF aggregation across all sensor tiers, capture inbox, operator review, and OTA signature push. The hub every deployment is built around.

Q1 2026 Shipped

Max Tier — Production

Multi-sensor fusion aggregation and RF-to-acoustic Bayesian fusion
Bastion command UI with tactical map, live detections, and sensor health
Field capture inbox, signature-from-capture, and OTA fleet signature push
Sensor lifecycle management (25+ state transitions), decommission blocklist
Email/SMS/webhook alert delivery pipeline
Friendly UAV whitelist and deconfliction registry
Signed config verification and firmware OTA rollback

Q2 2026 In Progress

Operational Hardening

FIPS 140-2/3 cryptographic compliance gap closure
24/7 fleet reliability validation
Nightly hardware regression + CI/CD pipeline stability
STIX/TAXII 2.1 SOC/SIEM integration hardening

Q3 2026 Planned

Classified Program Tracks

Russian military drone signature collection (Lancet/Orlan-10/Supercam) — no public datasets exist, controlled capture program required
Countermeasure physics modeling and geolocation algorithm expansion
Satellite comms handshake monitoring (Ku/Ka band, 12–40 GHz) planning phase

2027 Planned

Federal Variant & SATCOM Expansion

NDAA-constrained hardware profile for government procurement
Ku/Ka SATCOM band monitoring in production (12–40 GHz)
Defense contract compliance and restricted access testing tracks
VartaSDR volume manufacturing scale-up

Transparency

Known Boundaries

Every detection platform has limits. We document ours openly and ship mitigations for each.

DJI Mini — WiFi protocol (no CP), invisible to cyclostationary OFDM. Mitigated by BW signature matching + CNN classification.
Flight mode modulation shift — DJI Inspire switches from FHSS_OFDM to OFDM by flight mode. Handled by temporal adaptation + hybrid ML.
Military signatures are OSINT-seeded — Lancet, Orlan-10, Supercam captures remain a program objective. Public datasets don't exist.
SATCOM not yet in production — Ku/Ka (12–40 GHz) is a future track. Current coverage is strongest in sub-6 GHz control and video bands.
Acoustic class balance improving — Retraining is underway to raise performance on underrepresented rotorcraft classes, especially helicopter-like signatures.

Licensing

Varta Platform is proprietary technology. Not open source, not free.

Commercial licensing — by agreement based on deployment scope
Pilot and evaluation access — available on request
Support and maintenance — offered under active service plans

License: Proprietary — use requires written authorization from Perevaga Group LLC d/b/a Varta Systems. team@varta-systems.com