Twice this week, football games in the U.S. were abruptly halted while stadium security teams attempted to deal with rogue drones over the field. In a crowded stadium, “just shooting them down” is not only illegal and unlikely to be effectively, it’s also extremely dangerous. DRONELIFE get the inside view …
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First U.S. Airport Deployment of DroneSentry Counterdrone Technology In a company first, DroneShield has announced the sale and deployment of the DroneSentry counterdrone system at a U.S. international airport. Continue reading below, or listen: Since the Gatwick airport incident during the holiday season of 2018, airports have struggled with the question …
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Today, at the White House Summit on Advanced Air Mobility, stakeholders expressed concerns over security, the possibility of uncrewed technology being used by bad actors for terrorism or warfare, and the critical need for the reauthorization and expansion of the Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018 set to expire October 5, …
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Autonomous System Captures Intruding Drones with a Net: the AUDROS cUAS System by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby The AUDROS system, a drone solution that captures foreign drones in a net, has completed successfully testing in the Czech Republic. Continue reading below, or listen: As opposed to other interception …
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D-Fend Solutions Drone Incident Tracker keeps tabs on drone incursions across the globe By DRONELIFE Feature Editor Jim Magill As the usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) proliferates across the globe, so too does the number of incidents in which drones are spotted flying, either innocently or with bad intent, …
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Drone Attack on U.S. Power Grid with modified DJI Mavic 2, report says. by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby In a recently released Joint Intelligence Bulletin (JIB), U.S. officials revealed that a DJI Mavic 2, a small quadcopter-type drone, was found carrying a copper wire attached to it by …
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A rogue drone pilot won’t feel the FAA’s heat despite causing the suspension of aerial firefighting operations. Last week, FAA officials told the Arizona Daily Star they would not prosecute an unidentified person who flew a drone over restricted airspace at the Bighorn wildfire scene in Arizona. The agency wouldn’t …
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Brücke-Osteuropa / CC0 Drones continue to cause costly delays and confusion at European airports. The latest event halted traffic at Frankfurt Airport yesterday morning for almost two hours, according to German language media. A federal spokesperson said that a pilot spotted a drone at about 11:15 am, at which point …
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Image @jeshoots at Pexels Yesterday, DJI, announced that they would equip all drones with AirSense ADS-B receivers as of 2020. (You can read about that here). The announcement is just part of DJI’s plan to equip hardware with technology-based safety features in order to address the needs of regulators – …
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Image by Mr_Worker from Pixabay News and commentary. It’s time to get airport airspace security done. Reuters reports that flight operations at Frankfurt airport, Germany’s busiest airport, were suspended for an hour and have now resumed. At this point there is little information available. Airport spokesmen commented to news outlets today …
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