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Beware: Drones Are Coming (Part II)

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Super Bowl LIII will be held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in AtlantaPhoto: Justin Heiman (Getty)Civilian use of drones in sensitive airspaces have recently been causing major issues and flight delays at airports in the UK and U.S. After flights were grounded at London’s Gatwick airport and Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey over drone scares, there’s a growing market for technology that can prevent such disruptions.
Echodyne is one startup entering the drone detection space. The Seattle-based company is backed by Bill Gates and focuses on radar technologies, for various purposes including airspace management and border security. The company has also received funding from the Department of Homeland Security, NASA, and the U.S. Navy.
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As the Guardian reports, Echodyne filed a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) application to test their system near the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta during Super Bowl LIII on Sunday.

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Countering UAVs with Drone Guard

ASHDOD, Israel — Drones are becoming an increasing threat to military and civilian infrastructure. Last month, a drone sighting disrupted flights at Britain’s Gatwick Airport for more than 24 hours, leading to the in-country deployment of the British Army. Operations at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey were also disrupted for over an hour on Jan. 22 after reports of a drone sighting. In Iraq and Syria, the international coalition against the Islamic State group has faced a variety of threats from commercial off-the-shelf UAVs.
Elta Systems, a division of Israel Aerospace Industries, demonstrated a possible solution in January with the latest generation of its Drone Guard.
Unveiled in 2015, Drone Guard was built on adapted radar and electro-optical technology with the capability to detect low-signature and low-speed targets. Since then, hundreds of units have been sold to more than 10 countries. It was used by Argentina to secure a G-20 summit and the Youth Olympic G..

WhiteFox Defense: Solving The Drone Incursion Problem, with Luke Fox

… , Heathrow, and Newark. Those airport drone incursions shut down Gatwick over … wide variety of different drones. What makes our technology unique, is that … in the overall drone ecosystem. I think the technology we have created …

US warning against Chinese drone technology monitoring Australian airports

AdvertisementThe Civil Aviation and Safety Authority is installing drone detection technology at Sydney Harbour and Australian airports, hiring a company the United States has previously warned could contribute to cyber attacks.
CASA has opted for a Chinese-developed technology called DJI Aerospace despite official US concerns the company could be sending drone-harvested data back to Beijing.
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Replay videoPlay videoPlay videoThe counter drone measures come in the wake of the chaos caused at London's Gatwick airport before Christmas when Britain's second-busiest airport was closed for 36 hours following multiple sightings of illegal drones, disrupting travel plans for at least 115,000 people. The episode exposed a major weakness in a country's ability to respond to a hostile drone attack.
In 2017, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said it had “moderate confidence” that the DJI was “providing US critical infrastructure and law enforcement data ..