Anti-drone technology

An ominous spherical of testimony by prime U.S. safety officers may open up a brand new marketplace for a number of drone-mitigation corporations. On Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray raised fears of home terrorist acts by way of drone throughout testimony earlier than the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs …

The American army’s high think-tank is as soon as once more wanting to researchers to create new and higher drone mitigation options. Last week, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency issued a Request for Information (RFI) to “identify promising [drone]-sensing and -neutralization technologies that could augment or complement [DARPA’s Mobile Force Protection …

Drones are superior – once they’re in the fitting place on the proper time. However, rogue drones – piloted by hostile or negligent customers – can endanger lives when flying in unauthorized airspace. A main instance is the current collision of an errant drone with an Army UA60 helicopter over …

One of the biggest protection corporations on the planet has simply examined a game-changing laser that may simply fry rogue drones in midair. Lockheed Martin launched a check video yesterday showcasing its 30-kilowatt class ATHENA (Advanced Test High Energy Asset) system splashing 5 fixed-wing Outlaw drones on the U.S. Army’s …

A Dutch firm debuted a drone-snagging drone at one of Europe’s high protection trade expos this week. Delft Dynamics unveiled the DroneCatcher undertaking, a program backed by the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (Military Police), the Dutch National Police and the Dutch Ministry of Safety and Justice, throughout Defence and Security Equipment …

One of Europe’s finest recognized counter-drone protection consortiums is able to hit the street after enhancing its design for deployment on navy and safety autos. Anti-UAV Defense System not too long ago introduced new upgrades to its permitting the answer to “more effectively defeat swarm attacks by malicious unmanned aircraft …

Dedrone aerial airspace safety Dedrone, a developer of drone detection know-how, has added a brand new member to their govt management workforce. Lieutenant General Keith Walker, US Army (Retired) is becoming a member of Dedrone as a Strategic Advisor. Based in Washington D.C, he’ll help Dedrone of their work with …

Among the chief public considerations voiced relating to drones is a concern over invasion of their privateness. A Florida agency is has launched an app for Amazon Fire Tablet customers to handle that concern. DeTect has introduced the discharge of its DroneWatcher APP on Amazon’s Appstore for Fire Tablets.  The …

SkySafe, a San Diego primarily based startup, has obtained $11.5 in Series A funding spherical that was led by Andreessen Horowitz. The spherical comes with a seat on the board for Andreessen common associate Lars Dalgaard. In addition, SkySafe has obtained a $1.5 million contract with the Department of Defense, …

A rising star within the drone-mitigation recreation is launching a brand new product that gives a one-two punch in terms of deterring and defeating rogue drones. On Monday, American-Australian startup DroneShield introduced manufacturing of DroneSentry, a “multi-method drone detection [system] that integrates radar, radio frequency, acoustic, thermal and optical (with a range …