Drone & Anti-Drone

Drones are more formally known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Essentially, a drone is a flying robot. The aircraft may be remotely controlled or can fly autonomously through software-controlled flight plans in their embedded systems working in conjunction withGPS.  UAVs have most often been associated with the military but they are also used for search and rescue, surveillance, traffic monitoring, weather monitoring and firefighting, among other things.

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Technical specifications:

Dimensions: 77.7 x 38.3 x 12.5 mm
Weight: 31 g
Accuracy: +/- 2 meters
Frequency: 5Hz
Voltage: 5V TBC
Flash memory: 4 GB

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• Low latency streaming
• Video storage on the fly with remote device or with USB flash drive
• JPEG photo capture
• As you fly, the HD video is recorded and sent directly to your device

The growing use of unmanned aerial surveillance and combat capable aircraft, otherwise known as drones, has drawn the attention of the world. In the US, drones operated by domestic agencies are conducting surveillance for border protection and crime prevention. Abroad, drones are being deployed to strike military and civilian targets as well as to conduct reconnaissance. As the use of drones becomes more common, what legal, political and other ramifications will that use have?

    The Police Using Drones To Fight Crime

Being a police is not an easy job, especially when the crime rate around you is soaring and your department does not have the budget to go up against the bad guys. Well, perhaps your head of department might want to check out what AeroVironment has in store for the force, rolling out small surveillance drones which are tiny enough to fit in a police cruiser’s trunk. These tiny, unmanned military drones could help local police officials in surveillance work, tipping the scales at just five pounds while measuring three feet in length. Not only that, it is full well capable of taking to the skies and flying as high as 500 feet, having enough juice to remain airborne for up to 40 minutes.

China Builds Anti-Drone Laser Tech

Engineers in China have successfully developed a laser weapon able to shoot down low-flying, slow-moving drones, according to the country’s state media on Tuesday.

Citing a statement from the China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), the China Daily newspaper reported that the Low Altitude Sentinel system can locate small aircraft within a 1.2-mile radius and shoot it down within five seconds. The system can destroy small drones flying under 110mph and below 1,600ft.