THE DRONE THREAT

DRONES ARE A GAME CHANGER

Drones bring tangible values and benefits to users and hobbyists around the world, reshaping the way modern societies function. Unmanned aerial systems (UASs), more commonly known as drones, are being used to enhance operations across many fields and industries, including (as a representative sample):

• Law enforcement agencies and first responders
• Airports for maintenance and inspection
• Farming and agriculture for crop and livestock monitoring
• Media for filming major news and events
• Real estate and construction for surveying

MAYHEM & MISTAKES RAISE THE STAKES

Affordable, easy to obtain drones can be used to attack political leaders, engage in warfare, conduct corporate espionage, sow mass terror, smuggle drugs into a prison or across borders, disrupt major events and endanger the airspace at airports.

Drones are becoming more compact, faster, harder to detect and more durable. Many can fly long distances and carry heavy payloads, and are quite easy to operate, which poses safety and security risks to nearly every type of environment.

Terrible outcomes can even result from accidents, such as a drone colliding with a power line, or moving vehicle.

POPULAR, PREVALENT & PERVASIVE

Drones are proliferating on a global and massive scale.

The combination of technological advances, lower prices, intuitive controls and increased consumer and enterprise interest means that the number of drones is multiplying around the globe. Unfortunately, some of these drones will be used by people with bad intentions, as well as inexperienced pilots who do not understand the power of the sophisticated machinery they control.

MAJOR INCIDENTS OCCUR REGULARLY

Drone incidents, in the form of attacks, collisions, espionage, harassment, nuisance, smuggling, and more, are taking at an accelerating rate and on a global scale, in a range of different sectors, such as airports, borders, critical facilities and infrastructure, landmark and government buildings, prisons, stadiums and arenas, national and homeland security.

D-Fend Solutions closely monitors drone incidents to track the latest trends and methods as a key input to inform ongoing enhancement of our counter-drone technology.