In short: A Melbourne company has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by the ADF to trial anti-drone technology. It uses directed energy in the form of light to disable unmanned aerial vehicles. What’s next? The firm expects to deliver its system to the ADF for evaluation by the middle of …
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On a remote weapons range in far western New South Wales, technicians test-fire a lethal but invisible laser to bring down an unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone, in what’s believed to be the first demonstration of its kind on Australian soil. Key points: A directed-energy (DE) weapon concentrates large amounts of …
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Updated January 20, 2019 11:20:09 Photo: Drones grounded flights at the UK’s Gatwick airport for days around Christmas. (AP: John Stillwell) New figures show pilots at Australian airports have spotted hundreds of drones in restricted airspace in the past two-and-a-half years, but experts say Australian law complicates the use of …
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