Gatwick Airport Reopens, but Drone Risk Still Lurks

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The drone crackdown: if a trained eagle can’t stop them, what will? – The Guardian

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The drone crackdown: if a trained eagle can't stop them, what will?

Authorities scramble to find ways to tackle drones as Gatwick shutdown highlights lack of progress

Planes have been grounded at Gatwick airport.
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From computer programming and guns that fire giant nets to well-trained birds of prey, previous attempts to stop the rogue use of consumer drones have been nothing if not original.

But for all that creativity, the authorities have been left behind. And on Thursday, as an unknown operator succeeded in shutting down Gatwick airport for at least 18 hours by flying drones around the airport’s protected airspace, the slow pace of progress was highlighted again.

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Regulators, police and defence experts are hoping to close that gap as they seek to deal with the rapid proliferation of drones, which have upended conventional..

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Anti-drone technology could be introduced in English prisons

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Anti-drone technology could be introduced in English prisons

Government U-turn likely after successful trial of signal blocking system in Guernsey

SkyFence jams radio signals whenever drones are detected, in effect forming an invisible barrier around the jail.
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The government could introduce an anti-drone system to stop drug smuggling in English prisons after a successful six-month experiment in Guernsey prompted ministers to consider a U-turn about the technology.

Prison governors and officers and the chief inspector of prisons have expressed frustration at the failure of HM Prison Service to use technology to prevent drone smuggling fuelling the growing drug problem in jails.

Ministers had been resisting implementing the system on cost grounds, but on Tuesday, the prisons minister, Rory Stewart, told MPs officials were considering rolling out the scheme.

“We are looking at an electronic fencing technique which has been deploy..

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IMF Boss Touts Zipline’s Use Of Drones For Medical Supplies In Rwanda

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The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mrs Christine Lagarde, has lauded the Rwandan Government’s decision to employ the use of drone technology to supply blood and other essential medical supplies to her citizens.
According to Mrs Lagarde, the use of drones and other technological innovations are essential if sub-Saharan African countries are to take advantage of the 4th Industrial Revolution, which is being fuelled by technology.
Mrs Lagarde, who was speaking at the IMF-organised Conference on “The Future of Work in Sub-Saharan Africa” in Accra on Monday 17th December, 2018, said the impending population explosion in Africa, which is expected to make the continent the most populous in the next 30 years, called for the application of technology to create jobs and meet other challenges.
The IMF boss had high praise for Ghana’s Farmerlin..

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