Counter-drone company Citadel Defense has announced it has secured a multimillion-dollar government order for its Titan C system. Citadel’s system was chosen after an evaluation took a look at two dozen systems from companies around the world.
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The Japanese Defense Ministry is reportedly beginning research into the use of vehicle-mounted counter-drone lasers to fend off rogue drones. The news comes from sources close to the Japanese government, with an expected arrival date no earlier than 2024.
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Dubai-based Cusp Technologies has developed a new counter-drone system that uses powerful magnets, forcing drones to leave an area. The system essentially creates a magnetic field around an area or object to protect it from rogue drones.
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The Nikola Tesla Airport, located in Belgrade, Serbia, has invested in counter-drone systems from German company Rohde & Schwarz after the number of drone-related incidents at airports worldwide has slowly increased over the last few years.
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Australian counter-drone company DroneShield has announced that it has deployed its counter-drone DroneSentry system at the Altenrhein Airport in Switzerland. The new system will allow the airport to detect and deal with any unauthorized drones in the area.
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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have taken up mobile counter-drone technology orders. The two government departments have turned to North American counter-drone company ELTA to address the U.S.’s need to be able to put up a fight against aerial attacks such as drone swarms.
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Counter-drone technology works in two steps by detecting and then defeating a drone. Today I’ll be looking at how rogue drones are defeated and destroyed, thanks to a recent factbook by Australian counter-drone company DroneShield.
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Counter-drone technology works in two steps by detecting and then defeating a drone. Today I’ll be looking at how rogue drones are detected thanks to a recent factbook by Australian counter-drone company DroneShield.
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Counter drone company D-Fend Solutions has opened its first North American office in McLean, Virginia, to expand its operations and meet the increasing demand for counter-drone products and solutions.
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Counter-drone company Citadel Defense has announced its new AI-powered drone threat detection software for its Titan drone defense systems. Citadel has been working on its AI platform for the last 27 months with successful deployments across multiple combatant commands and hundreds of unique environments.
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DroneShield has partnered with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to produce the next generation of drone detection technology. The partnership has been funded by the New South Wales government to track threats with a convolutional neural network (CNN).
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In a recent live test, the Dutch Army used its latest device, the SMASH Fire Control System from Smart Shooter, to effectively take down drones. The attachment allows drones to be easily detected and shot down with standard rifles.
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UK anti-drone company Drone Defence released its latest product earlier this month, Paladyne E1000MP, a pistol-sized drone gun with a 0.62-mile range. The drone pistol does require a similar-sized control box for it to work correctly.
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DroneShield (ASX:DRO) has announced to its shareholders that it has received an order from a major intelligence Government agency in the Five Eyes alliance. The order is for the company’s famous DroneGun Tactical handheld counter-drone gun.
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Former FAA head Michael Huerta has joined the advisory board of counter-drone company D-Fend Solutions to help rapidly grow the company. Huerta will bring his expertise in airspace management and airport safety to the counter-drone company.
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DroneShield has just announced it has received an order from a major South East Asian country’s army for its DroneSentry system who happens to be an ally with the West. The announcement comes one day after DroneShield secured funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
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Citadel Defense has just been awarded a $12.2 million Department of Defense contract to autonomously defeat retail and homemade drones. The anti-drone tech will be put to use on the battlefield and around the United States.
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Brazil’s National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute (Iphan) has not accepted plans to install anti-drone tech on famous architect Oscar Niemeyer’s buildings throughout Brazil‘s capital city, Brasília. On the other hand, the Brazilian Institutional Security Office (GSI) has said they will go ahead with the installation of 1.5-meter antenna on the buildings.
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The Modern Rogue team took a look at the custom 12-gauge shotgun shells filled with a net designed to take down rogue drones flying over a prison. The video shows the solution working – and failing – at the exact same time.
BlackBerry has partnered with Dedrone in an effort to deliver advanced counter-drone technology to secure the world’s most critical sites. The technology will be integrated into BlackBerry’s AtHoc software allowing for real-time alerts to be sent when unauthorized drones enter an area.
US Attorney General William Barr issued guidelines today for how federal agencies may monitor and even take out drones that threaten US security. He was acting under the authority of a 2018 Congressional action that allows the Departments of Justice and Homeland security to take anti-drone measures.
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