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US to trial British anti-drone system at airports
The US Federal Aviation Administration is undertaking airport trials of a counter-drone system developed jointly by three UK companies. According to the AUDS partners, the entire operation from threat detection to grounding typically takes 8-15 seconds. (www.theengineer.co.uk) Altro...
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I caught a short clip on yesterday's news ... apparently there's an outfit training eagles to take down drones. There was a video of an eagle taking after a drone and grabbing it in its talons. Don't know what happens to it from there, but it was kinda neat to see.
So did the FAA get an exemption from the FCC to violate existing law that prohibits blocking / interfering with any radio frequencies? What happens when this device 'takes down a drone' and it slams into someone's head, car, etc? I bet the FAA will quickly find themselves on the other end of a lawsuit.
Different rules for government and anyone named Clinton.
I know the guys a Blighter, they have a pretty cool radar also used for border patrol and ground defense. A company I work with supplies the radar tracking software for this and related applications.
Glad to see there is an effort to minimize fratricide.
I am only surprised we haven't heard the Israelis have not already developed something to do the same job, not just at airports.
