Cybersecurity Challenges in Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Networks

  • Authors

    • Sumit Ramswami Punam Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kalinga University, Raipur, India
    • Manish Nandy Assistant Professor, Department of CS & IT, Kalinga University, Raipur, India
    https://doi.org/10.14419/vr9xzy19

    Received date: May 2, 2025

    Accepted date: May 26, 2025

    Published date: July 8, 2025

  • Vehicles; Cyber Security; Threats; UAV Network; Rick; Security

  • Abstract

    The use of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can offer innovative solutions to various problems, providing operational and financial benefits, as well as agricultural and military advantages in surveillance and logistics. Since they depend on wireless networks for real-time ‎data processing and distributed control, UAVs have become so ubiquitous that they present serious cybersecurity risks. Poorly designed UAV systems offer hackers fresh possibilities to launch cyberattacks, while GIS spoofing opens channels for data breach exploits that result in communication failures. Critical applications needing exact data and control parameters suffer operational hazards on system ‎performance, reliability, and safety standards, given the dependence on unmanned aerial vehicles. The different risks to UAV networks with ‎respect to cybersecurity and their effects on operations are covered in this article. Using an analytical approach, researchers found risks and ‎evaluated them to design security measures suitable for the unmanned aerial vehicle system. The research explains why ‎unauthorized access to UAV communications and data accuracy must be defended by encryption algorithms, together with more rigorous ‎authentication methods and intruder detection systems. The paper proposes a series of realistic security procedures that companies from several ‎sectors can implement to counter growing threats and maintain UAV networks in a state of operational safety and system flexibility‎.

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    Punam , S. R. ., & Nandy , M. . (2025). Cybersecurity Challenges in Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Networks. International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 14(SI-1), 22-25. https://doi.org/10.14419/vr9xzy19