The Ukrainian company Vidar Systems has developed an acoustic sensor for detecting artillery

Ukrainian company Vidar Systems presented at the Defense Tech Innovations Forum 2025, the latest sound-metric complexes capable of determining the coordinates of enemy artillery at a distance of up to 25 km. According to the company, these systems are designed to quickly detect and destroy Russian artillery positions, in particular mortars.

Each of the presented complexes consists of five or ten acoustic sensors, which are located at a certain distance from each other. Sensors record the sound of a shot, determining the direction of its origin. Data from three or more sensors is transmitted to a computer, which uses artificial intelligence algorithms to superimpose the received information on a map, determining the exact location of enemy artillery.

According to the developer, one complex of five sensors allows covering a front line up to 10 km long. Thanks to their compact size and weight of less than 25 kg, these systems can be deployed by only 1-2 people. The software of the devices accurately distinguishes artillery explosions from other sounds, which ensures high efficiency of their use in combat conditions.

Pre-series batches of sound-metric systems are already working at the front, which indicates the prompt introduction of this technology into the system of combating enemy threats.