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I remember a story about the first time an RC drone was handed to some soldiers in the US military. It was designed for reconnaissance and for looking around bends in the road. It worked well. The first thing the trainers were asked "Can we strap a grande to it?"

Airbus Rolls Out Anti-Drone System (networkworld.com) 12
Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @05:10PM from the air-superiority dept.
coondoggie writes:
The Airbus anti-drone system employs infrared cameras, radar technology and sensors to spot and track drones over six miles away, the company says. If the incoming drone is considered suspicious, the system can use electronic signals to jam the drone's communications and more: “Based on an extensive threat library and real-time analysis of control signals, a jammer interrupts the link between drone and pilot and/or its navigation. Furthermore, the direction finder tracks the position of the pilot who subsequently can be dealt with by law enforcement. Due to the Smart Responsive Jamming Technology developed by Airbus Defence and Space, the jamming signals are blocking only the relevant frequencies used to operate the drone while other frequencies in the vicinity remain operational. Since the jamming technology contains versatile receiving and transmitting capabilities, more sophisticated measures like remote control classification and GPS spoofing can be utilized as well. This allows effective and specific jamming and, therefore, a takeover of the UAV,” the company stated.

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