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The FAA and its government partners are expanding research on ways to detect “rogue” drones around airports. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its government, industry and academia partners have joined forces to evaluate drone detection technology at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York. Continue reading
Dedrone, developer of civilian drone detection system, announced that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The round was led by U.S.-investor Menlo Ventures, one of the world’s premier venture capital firms investing in consumer and enterprise technologies. Dedrone will use the fresh capital to accelerate the advancement and sophistication of its drone detection technology and to expand its sales and marketing teams. Continue reading
A new Raspberry Pi powered wireless drone disabler system has been created and showcased this week over on MAKE.
A new free smart phone app that tracks drone signals close to airports or crowded events could help prevent unmanned aerial vehicles being used for nefarious purposes such as terrorism. Continue reading
Battelle has updated and booked US government orders for its DroneDefender system designed to stop unmanned aerial systems (UAS) that could threaten civilian or military aircraft.
A prototype to counter unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) using capabilities already in the Army inventory is now being put to the test at the service’s Network Integration Evaluation (NIE). Continue reading
Israel’s Iron Dome missile-defense system successfully intercepted an unmanned drone in the United States last week, in the battery’s first-ever trial on foreign soil.
Grant Jordan and his co-founders are announcing the public launch of SkySafe, a drone protection startup that wants to help facilities secure critical airspace. After graduating from MIT with a degree in computer science, Jordan spent four years at the United States Air Force acquiring a particular set of skills, skills that make him very dangerous to drones like this. “I worked on counter drone systems, and got a taste for everything out there. Giant laser systems, for example.” Continue reading