BabaSky Technologies, part of Nigeria’s UNICCON group of companies, has demonstrated a new fibre-optic controlled loitering munition that is completely resistant to electronic jamming and signal spoofing.
The company said a series of rigorous operational flight tests with the UNIKAM-FO1 was carried out at the Nigerian Defence testing range, Military Cantonment, Jaji, Kaduna state.
“By utilising a physical, ultra-fine fibre-optic/Kevlar micro-tether, the multi-rotor platform has achieved what wireless systems cannot: 100 percent resistance to electronic jamming and signal spoofing,” BabaSky said
It noted that as battlefield air defence increasingly relies on localised electronic countermeasures (ECM), traditional radio-controlled First-Person View (FPV) drones face massive disruption rates. Signal jamming, GPS degradation, and video feed dropouts frequently cause wireless platforms to lose connection in critical environments.
“The UNIKAM-FO1 circumvents this vulnerability entirely. By deploying a high-tensile physical fibre-optic spool behind it as it flies, the drone maintains a closed-loop, un-jammable data pipeline. This delivers crystal-clear, real-time high-definition video feedback and telemetry directly to the operator’s FPV goggles, completely insulated from the surrounding active radio frequency (RF) spectrum.”
The integration of Kevlar reinforcing within the spool adds the structural integrity required to survive tough environments. It prevents snags and line breakages, allowing the multi-rotor platform to aggressively weave through dense tree lines, rugged hills, and urban obstacle courses where radio waves typically reflect or fail to penetrate.
Engineered for precision strike missions in highly contested airspace, the UNIKAM-FO1 has a payload of 2.5 kg, maximum speed of up to 120 km/h, endurance of 9-15 minutes depending on payload, and range of 5, 10 or 15 km depending on the spool used. It is fitted with an indigenous high explosive warhead and is guided by manual first-person view.
The company noted that as militaries globally transition toward high-intensity electronic warfare environments where wireless radio frequencies can no longer be guaranteed, the UNIKAM-FO1 establishes an “institutional benchmark. By bridging the absolute reliability of hardwired connections with the high speed and agility of multi-rotor platforms, it gives modern operators a tactical asset that can see, strike, and succeed where traditional drones go dark.”
BabaSky focuses on unmanned aerial vehicle development, manufacturing, training, and operation. The parent UNICCON Group of companies has offices in Nigeria and the United Kingdom and operates across AI, robotics, drone technology, telemedicine, enterprise software, and education. Its subsidiaries include BabaSky and a joint venture with the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON).
In December, BabaSky demonstrated its UNIKAM series of loitering munitions at the Jaji Shooting Range in Kaduna alongside a drone detection, jamming and spoofing system. Also part of the 23 December demonstration was the detonation of a locally produced explosive and warhead. “The demonstration evaluated a high-energy composite munition (explosives) designed for increased pressure build-up and energy confinement,” UNICCON said. The warhead mass can range from 2.22 kg to 200 kg – during the test, a 2.2 kg warhead was detonated, producing an observed blast radius of approximately 200 meters and thermal output exceeding 250°C.
