Russia has rolled out a new electronic-warfare system, called “Multik,” to protect its helicopters from Ukrainian drone attacks. Built by the Gradient Research Institute, the system is said to detect and jam the control and video links used by first-person-view (FPV) drones, operating across roughly 700 MHz to 6,000 MHz. Russian reporting claims detection ranges up to about 1,000 meters and effective jamming to roughly 500 meters.
Weighing under 9.5 kg and powered from the host platform, Multik provides full 360° azimuth coverage and can run three jamming channels simultaneously. Russian state and industry statements indicate it is being fitted to helicopters and ground vehicles to blunt swarm FPV strikes that have increasingly targeted rotary-wing assets.
Multik forms part of a wider Russian effort to blunt Ukrainian drone operations. High-power systems such as the 1L269 Krasukha-2 and Krasukha-4 continue to be used to disrupt radar and communications, while medium-range anti-UAV systems like Repellent-1 and Silok-01 handle detection and signal denial. At the unit level, portable jammers and domes — for example Volnorez and Rubezh — have proliferated, and a revised counter-UAV doctrine now directs battalions and platoons to field at least one electronic countermeasure, accelerate operator training, and fold drone suppression into combined-arms tactics.
