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Ukrainian company Infozahyst has upgraded its Pluton drone detection system so it can identify mesh modems used on Russian drones, Ukrainska Pravda reported. Infozahyst said the upgrade lets Pluton detect the mesh modems Russian drones use to relay signals between UAVs. The company said Ukrainian experts had previously found such modems on Gerbera, Shahed/Geran, Molniya and V2U drones, and that the improvement helps detect potential threats in time and improves users' situational awareness. The developers also added remote monitoring over a virtual private network, so personnel can receive threat information while staying outside dangerous areas. According to the manufacturer, Pluton can detect drones up to 70 km away depending on altitude. It scans the 500 to 6,000 MHz range about 50 times per second and identifies drones by decoding communication channels and matching signals against a database. It can run on a vehicle's electrical system or a battery providing up to four hours of autonomous operation. Background in the report includes Serhii Beskrestnov's April warning that Shahed and Gerbera drones with mesh modems were penetrating deeper into Ukraine. No deployment timeline was reported.