Electronic warfare is based on the search and analysis of electromagnetic radiation that determines the existence, source and characteristics of the enemy’s use of the electromagnetic spectrum. Virtually all weapons (on land, in the air, and at sea) use some type of radiation of the electromagnetic spectrum. Capturing this information allows us to x-ray the weapon and its use.
Currently, the reference software for this type of analysis is Ansys HFSS, a program developed by the United States that costs over $200.00 and takes three hours to complete this type of analysis. Ansys is the industry standard for simulating full-wave electromagnetic fields in 3D. Its benchmark accuracy, advanced solver, and high-performance computing technology have made it an essential tool for engineers performing accurate and rapid designs of high-frequency, high-speed electronic components. Each HFSS solver incorporates a powerful automated solution process, so you only need to specify the geometry, material properties, and desired result.
However, now There is an alternative, faster, that uses less memory and is free. This is the Yaoguang software that takes only 12 minutes to perform a radiation simulation analysis on the multi-band antenna.
According to a report in the Chinese newspaper Southern China Morning Post, Yaoguang is considered the most powerful electronic warfare weapons design software in the world and the culmination of several years of work.
Named Yaoguang by Chinese researchers, the software has been developed by Professor Li Bin and his team at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. To this we must add that consumes less than one-sixth of memory resources compared to American software.
However, the emergence of Yaoguang means that when Chinese scientists compete with their American or international counterparts in developing a new generation of electronic warfare weapons that can determine the course of future wars, They can complete theoretical verification of a design 15 times faster, consuming the same computing resources.
Li and his team published an article that revealed details about the software, which has numerous military applications. In it they demonstrated that Yaoguang has the ability to analyze the electromagnetic dispersion characteristics of a large aircraft carrier with an electromagnetic catapult.
In these types of tasks, the software can increase the level of detail presented by almost half, while requiring a third less time than American software, according to reports. Yaoguang has been available for free for the past few months, which may increase its use both in China and the rest of the world.
“As one of the seven most urgent and critical core technologies, industrial software has attracted great attention from the country,” notes the study led by Li. The trailer shows how the Asian giant is rapidly replacing Western products which are widely used in the field of industrial and war design.