DUBAI AIRSHOW NEWS: New Tech Allows Defeat of Bigger Drones
The TrueView radar, proven right here, is a part of the SkyDome System.
Fortem Applied sciences photograph
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The American maker of counter-unmanned aerial methods capabilities unveiled new drone-catching upgrades to its methods throughout the Dubai Airshow.
The SkyDome System 3.7 made its debut on the worldwide gathering, and will assist nations within the Persian Gulf deal with the proliferation of low cost, accessible drones, CEO of Fortem Applied sciences Tim Bean stated Nov. 18.
“We’re now going after greater, bigger [platforms], and people are the drones which are coming in from Yemen, within the oil fields and totally different locations round there,” he stated.
The earlier model of the drone hunter may entice and tow small drones to take them out of fee. Now, customers can arm themselves towards UAS which are too huge to tow.
As soon as ground-based, synthetic intelligence-enabled sensors detect a big incoming enemy drone, the SkyDome system flies in entrance of it to launch a web to defeat it.
“These are the type of threats that we’re seeing within the area,” he stated. “That is what’s attacking individuals right here within the Center East, and we are able to cease that now,” he stated.
Bean stated the corporate reached agreements on a number of gross sales throughout the present however declined to disclose the shoppers.
“If you happen to’re in a metropolis surroundings, you do not need to shoot a missile,” he stated. “Laser methods are very costly, and this [SkyDome] is an affordable platform to take away giant drones from the sky coming from lengthy distance.”
America is one in all many countries recognizing the looming drone risk. In 2019, the U.S. Military established the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Plane Programs Workplace to establish options for the issue. The workplace has since launched the primary Protection Division-wide framework for counter-small UAS know-how.
One of many most important challenges in taking down the type of cheap, customizable drones which are extensively accessible on-line is these methods don’t emit the radio frequencies that enable the platforms to be simply tracked, Bean stated. The SkyDome addresses this by embedding a strong radar and chip with synthetic intelligence.
“You’ve heard the saying ‘flying under the radar.’ We’re the radar under the radar,” he stated.
Moreover, having a fleet of those methods permits customers to develop the field of regard and have extra information with which to trace drones, he stated.
Subjects: Robotics and Autonomous Programs