REDUCING THE WEIGHT AND SIZE PARAMETERS OF THE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT ON BOARD THE UAV IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE TIME OF CONTINUOUS MONITORING

Forest fires are one of the main problems threatening the sustainability of forests. Therefore, an early warning system for forest fires is needed. To solve the problem of monitoring forest fires, this article proposes the use of synthetic aperture radars (SAR) of air-based radar with the formation of radar images directly on board the UAV, which significantly reduces the time to obtain data on the presence of fire foci and in real time to make decisions about the need for a rescue operation. In this way, fire-related disasters can be avoided and labor and material costs for preventing and extinguishing forest fires can be significantly reduced.