A Growing Demand For Anti-Drone Solutions
In December, one of the UK's largest airports had to temporarily suspend all of the flights after there had been a suspected drone sighting that took place in the area. The army had been called in to respond and support the police in the investigation and they quickly assured the public that the incident wasn't terror-related.
The event made headlines worldwide and it highlighted an issue that airports and authority agencies are still struggling to deal with today and that's the prevalence of drone use.
State officials have admitted that they see drones as a threat because they can be used an efficient tool that can easily gather information with ease and that they have the potential to be used maliciously. For these reasons they say that they're concerned about the growing popularity of drones and the potential threat that they might pose. However, while they might be nervous about private individuals having their hands on drones, we've seen that authority figures appear all-too-eager to get drones deployed at various levels of law enforcement. A growing number of police agencies and other law enforcement organizations are embracing drone technology despite those same concerns that could pose a threat to the privacy and liberty of the public that those drones will be watching over.
Why hasn't there been more progress with the airports to develop anti-drone solutions for the safety of their flights? It's alleged that the FAA hasn't wanted airports to investigate creating their own technology solution to this problem because they've been working on it for some time now themselves.
Back in 2016 it's reported that the FAA had sent out a memo discouraging airports from deploying anti-drone technology because it might create other problems.
However, we've seen that airports have worked along with the FAA to conduct a variety of tests involving drone detection systems. So far, the anti-drone systems have allegedly failed miserably though. In previous tests they've failed to identify rogue unmanend aircraft in a reliable manner and they've generated a great deal of false sightings.
A myriad of efforts are currently underway, investigating solutions that might work for drone detection needs.
Both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are expected to soon deploy anti-drone technology. And we can expect to see a growing number of airports will begin looking at similar solutions in the future if they haven't already, they haven't had much luck up until now.
The anti-drone market is expected to grow significantly over the next several years, now estimated to be a market worth more than $400 million. Airports, government agencies, universities, and private organizations, will continue to research potential solutions to address the growing prevalence of drones today.
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I seen that on the news about the UK airport . What an expense to have to call in the Army to support the police all im sure is at the tax payers expense or at least it would be here in Canada! Why isit taking these airports so long to find a solution to this problem especially these days with terrorists ! who knows when they will start putting bombs on drones !? Seriously though, Drones in many cases are great when used properly to fight fires or save people etc. when in the right hands! Great post @doitvoluntarily ! upped earlier now resteemed!💁💕✌
I think drones can be very useful in many applications including photography and video, however in the wrong hands they can be quite a worry as this recent incident highlighted, I do think there does need ot be some anti drone tech out there now especially around airports and other sensitive areas
There always has to be a jackass that ruins things for the rest of us.
Wow, I didn't realize airports were so vulnerable.
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Given the potential of drones in a negative way, eg invasion of privacy, danger to aircrafts, ability to drop a package (hence a small bomb), disruption to public places, I'm all for registeration of ownership upon purchase. You might argue this is a step towards big brother for which I'm normally against, but sometimes there are things that needs to be done.
The problem is going to get worse as consumer drones become more advanced.
at the moment, technology in producing drones is ahead of the anti drone production,
this is normal, until you know how foolishly people will use a new toy it is extremely hard to build defence against it.
given time, the drones will be taken down, which will prove embarrassing for the USAAF when the deterrent gets in the oppositions hands.
What comes up, must go down!...:)...