Anti-drone technology

Unauthorized or rogue drones flying at the wrong place at the wrong time could end up in a “Clash of the Titan” following successful testing of a new counter-drone solution. Photo courtesy of Citadel Defense C-UAS provider Citadel Defense Company this past week launched anti-drone product Titan after six months …

Saudi Arabia’s largest telecom company is partnering with counter-drone firm DroneShield to protect the country’s infrastructure and assets from rogue UAVs. Under a new agreement, Saudi Telecom Company’s executive arm, STC Specialized, will team up with DroneShield to bring enhanced drone detection and mitigation to key sectors such as government installations, …

image licensed by CC2.0 You could see this coming, and now it’s an official announcement.  AirMap has partnered with drone detection technology provider Fortem Technologies to provide a solution that will allow cities to detect all drones in the air, both cooperative and non-cooperative.  These will be shared with the …

It’s happened again. Following high-profile disruption after drone sightings at London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Newark Liberty and, most recently, Dubai International airport, another has grounded air traffic. This time it was at Dublin airport in Ireland, where flights were delayed for around half an hour after a pilot spotted a …

Utah-based Fortem Technologies, which launched in 2016 and now counts Boeing’s HorizonX among its investors, last week demonstrated its counter drone technology for legislators at the Utah State Capitol building in Salt Lake City. The company’s countermeasure combines its SkyDome platform – which provides situational awareness – with the DroneHunter, …

There are several problems with shooting drones out of the sky. Often that level of force is going to make the problem worse, not better. For starters, a damaged or busted drone could crash land anywhere or on anyone. The uncertainty and danger grow exponentially if it’s strapped with explosives …

Blue Stahli Luân [CC BY 2.0] How should governments and the drone industry respond? The following is a guest post by Timothy Bean, CEO of Fortem Technologies, leading provider of airspace security technologies. Over 100,000 travelers were grounded the week leading up to Christmas due to rogue drones spotted at …

As the dust settles over the drone incident at London’s Gatwick airport before Christmas, officials seem no closer to understanding what happened, who was responsible or even if anyone actually was responsible. Iain Gray, director of aerospace at Cranfield University, took time out this week to speak at a briefing at …

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has taken the decision to withdraw military personnel and equipment from London’s Gatwick airport. The measures were deployed in the run-up to Christmas after drone sightings near the airfield grounded air traffic and led to 1,000 flight cancellations over the course of 36 chaotic hours. 140,000 …

Our London correspondent, Malek Murison, reports on the fallout from the ‘Battle of Gatwick’ airport debacle.  Drones are often in the news at this time of year. More often than not, the stories are harmless: Aviation authorities laying down the law to the influx of new pilots, viral videos of …