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Detecting and Identifying Unmanned Aerial Drones

24/11/2021

Aerial drone technology continues to develop rapidly, with improved capabilities, at lower prices and increased availability. When used by responsible hobbyists, or in crisis and emergency response situations, drones offer obvious benefits. Small drones can also accidentally or deliberately be used to disrupt, threaten or attack critical national infrastructure, however. Solutions to detect, identify, and eliminate unwanted aerial drones are needed now more than ever.

Over many years QinetiQ has developed significant expertise in this area. We present the following whitepaper:

  • A discussion of how specialised radar technology can be optimised to accurately detect and identify small drones, minimising false positives and clearly differentiating them from other aerial presences
 
Defeating drones: beyond the headlines

Energy beams. Cannons that shoot nets. Trained falcons. There are dozens of headline-grabbing solutions to threats posed by the hostile or careless use of drones. But the most newsworthy countermeasures are not always the most effective.

 
How Governments can counter the threat of drones

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones offer tremendous opportunities for good: they can be used for filming, delivering commercial products or delivering humanitarian aid to some of the most dangerous locations on the planet.

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Counter-Drone Radar Whitepaper

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