The British Army used a cutting-edge Israeli anti-drone system to defeat the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that brought misery to hundreds of thousands of people at Gatwick airport. Continue reading
Category Archives: C-UAS
Dedrone Publishes UK Airport Counter-Drone Study
In 2018, Dedrone installed drone detection technology at four undisclosed airports across the United Kingdom in order to identify and analyze drone activity. The four airports looked to Dedrone technology to determine if they had any drone incursions at all, and if so, begin deploying a complete counter-drone solution to protect their operations. Continue reading
LITEYE Completes Delivery of C-AUDS to Northrop Grumman
LITEYE Systems Inc., on Friday December 14th delivered, on-time, the last unit of the first-round of C-AUDS (Containerized Anti-Unmanned Defense Systems), to Northrop Grumman Corporation. These systems will support their endeavours into the Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems market protecting critical infrastructure and lives in numerous deployments. Continue reading
Liteye Systems Successfully Demos SkyWall C-UAS at JIDO Hard Kill Event
Liteye Systems, Inc., in partnership with OpenWorks Engineering LTD., successfully demonstrated the SkyWall net-capture system against real-world UAS threats while attending the JIDO Hard Kill 2 event in the desert of the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, USA. The event demonstrated that SkyWall offers a reliable and cost effective, low-collateral damage solution for protecting critical infrastructure, sensitive sites and assets, beyond anything seen before. Continue reading
Drone Sightings Cause Chaos at Gatwick Airport
Passengers at one of the UK’s busiest airports are experiencing further flight disruption after drones were seen over the airfield. Gatwick’s runway remains closed after two of the devices were seen nearby, sparking a string of delays and diversions on Wednesday evening. Continue reading
Russia’s Carnivora Eats Other Drones
Russia’s Carnivora, a new counterdrone robot, is built to hunt small airborne pray. Announced on Dec. 13, 2018, the robot is produced by Russia’s Mikran and has a stated mission to devour the competition.
Launch Event of the Global Counterterrorism Forum Initiative to Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Threats
The United States and Germany, under the auspices of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), launched the Initiative to Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) Threats on December 13, 2018 in Berlin. The launch event was held alongside the Initiative’s first regional workshop on December 14, which focused on countering the UAS threat in Europe. Continue reading
Port of Amsterdam Launches Drone Detection Trial
The Port of Amsterdam has begun a four-week trial of a drone detection system. Martek Anti-Drone Systems is providing its M.A.D.S. (Marine Anti-Drone System) to build understanding of how, where and why drones are flying over the Port of Amsterdam. Continue reading