While drone detection systems have gotten more and more sophisticated over the last few years, the problem of how to actually mitigate a rogue drone remains – and it’s a thornier problem than you might think. “Shoot ’em down” seems like an obvious answer – but aside from the fact …
Read More »OpenWorks Unleashes new SkyWall300 Drone Hunter
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 …
Read More »SkyWall Dominates Anti-Drone Contest
An anti-UAV company’s drone-dropping launcher proved to be Top Gun during a recent industry competition. Start-up firm OpenWorks Engineering won the Best UAS Interdiction Award at the Countering Unauthorized Unmanned Aircraft Systems Challenge in August. The company’s flagship product, SkyWall, stopped the most drones out of seven finalists. Staged at Quantico …
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