DroneShield Takes Checkered Flag in NASCAR Counter-drone Rac…

Australian counter-drone agency DroneShield is taking the pole place in the world of NASCAR in the race to guard racing occasions from rogue drones.

DroneShield offered anti-drone safety for the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Texas Motor Speedway.

A law-enforcement job pressure comprised of the Texas State Department of Public Safety, the Denton County Sheriff, the Fort Worth Police Department, the Texas Forest Service, and the Texas Rangers used the corporate’s merchandise – DroneSentinel, DroneSentry and DroneGun – to maintain unauthorized drones from flying over the high-stakes NASCAR race sequence.

DroneGun discharges radio alerts that may take management of a rogue drone, bringing the UAV to the gun consumer and disabling video capabilities. DroneSentinel is a multi-prone detection product designed to find rogue drones. DroneSentry detects and neutralizes unmanned aerial bandits utilizing jamming know-how.

“The 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is a high security profile event, designated code orange by the relevant U.S. federal government agencies,” Oleg Vornik, DroneShield’s Managing Director and CEO, mentioned.

Vornik added:

“We are proud to be able to assist a high-profile event like this. Every NASCAR event is complex, and the selection of DroneShield as the sole provider of counter-drone products for the aerial protection of NASCAR is a testament to the quality and capability of our product suite. We also believe that this is significant for DroneShield in that this is the first known live operational use of all three of our key products – DroneSentinel, DroneSentry and DroneGun – by U.S. law enforcement.”

“We selected DroneShield’s products for drone security at the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series following extensive considerations of the effectiveness, features and costs of the various alternatives,” Officer Eric Skinner of Fort Worth Police mentioned. “We are grateful to DroneShield for providing our numerous attendees and us as the organizers with peace of mind in the aerial domain.”

Currently, DroneShield supplies detection protection for the Boston Marathon. The firm additionally scored a significant European victory final 12 months, defending the Davos Economic Forum in Switzerland.

A current research predicts the drone mitigation (or anti-drone) market will to develop to a billion-dollar business inside six years with predicted compound annual development price of 23.89 p.c throughout 2017-22.

Jason is a longstanding contributor to DroneLife with an avid curiosity in all issues tech. He focuses on anti-drone applied sciences and the general public security sector; police, fireplace, and search and rescue.

Beginning his profession as a journalist in 1996, Jason has since written and edited hundreds of partaking information articles, weblog posts, press releases and on-line content material. He has received a number of media awards through the years and has since expanded his experience into the organizational and academic communications sphere.

In addition to his proficiency in the sector of modifying and writing, Jason has additionally taught communications on the college degree and continues to steer seminars and coaching periods in the areas of media relations, modifying/writing and social media engagement.

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