Counter UAV

Drone Incident Review: First Half of 2023

August 8, 2023 | Meryl Dzikansky

In the first half of 2023, the wave of significant drone incidents continued to capture headlines, pointing to the need for effective counter-drone ...

Enhancing Safety and Security at the State and Local Level: Insights from the National Sheriffs Association (NSA) Conference

July 11, 2023 | Troy Kearse

In June 2023, we had the privilege of participating in the National Sheriffs Association (NSA) Conference. This influential gathering brought together ...

Embracing UAV Advancements and Challenges at the AUVSI Show

June 21, 2023 | Robert Ortman

Attending the 2023 AUVSI XPONENTIAL show in Denver last month was an unforgettable experience for me, as a Presales Engineer at D-Fend Solutions. The ...

Maritime Domain Awareness & Port Security Use Case – A Multilayered C-UAS Approach

June 6, 2023 | Gabriel Garcia

Port operations are crucial for global trade, with ports serving as gateways for billions of dollars' worth of cargo. However, the increase in unauthorized ...

Airport Drone Mitigation Part 7: Cyber-C-UAS Mitigation Protection Plan

May 24, 2023 | Mark Rutherford

In my last blog ‘ Airpor t Drone Mitigation -Part 6: So, Is Jamming a Viable Solution for Airports? , ’ we discussed how a hand-held jammer ...

The Importance and Urgency of Proper Counter-Drone Legislation and Technology to Achieve Safer Airspace

April 27, 2023 | Troy Kearse

Drone safety is the law, as the Federal Aviation Administration explains. Before flying a drone in the US, many rules must be considered, particularly ...

Jamming Spikes, Flare-Ups, and Side Effects

April 13, 2023 | Sandra Welfeld

In a series of recent blog posts focused on airport drone mitigation , Mark Rutherford , our Sales Director in the UK, explained what is jamming, its ...

The Economic Impact of Airport Drone Incidents on Local Communities

March 15, 2023 | Ilana Brodesky

Civil aviation provides the means of transporting millions of passengers and tons of goods to all corners of the globe. In the U.S. alone, more than 5,000 ...

Drones at Prisons: “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

February 16, 2023 | Sandra Welfeld

The start of 2023 has seen drone incidents at prisons happening everywhere, which brings to mind the title of the current movie “ Everything Everywhere ...

Airport Drone Mitigation
Part 6: So, Is Jamming a Viable Solution for Airports?

February 8, 2023 | Mark Rutherford

Why Study Jammers? As a reminder of why we’re looking at jamming in this series of blogs, it’s clear that many airports either have no C-UAS or ...

D-Fend in Dubai – “Celebrating the Exceptional in Security” at Intersec 2023

February 2, 2023 | Udi Lowy

The Intersec Expo has been around for more than 20 years, addressing issues facing world-leading emergency services, security, and safety. This year, the ...

Airport Drone Mitigation
Part 5: When a Drone is Jammed…

January 24, 2023 | Mark Rutherford

In the previous post - Drone Jamming Effectiveness at Airports - we discussed the effectiveness, features, and limitations of jammers. Specifically, we ...

Goodbye 2022, Hello 2023 – Drone and Counter-Drone Developments and Observations

January 16, 2023 | Sandra Welfeld

As we get older, it seems that we celebrate the New Year more frequently, doesn’t it? I mean, it feels like the year gets shorter and shorter, even ...

Airport Drone Mitigation
Part 4: Drone Jamming Effectiveness at Airports

January 3, 2023 | Mark Rutherford

Not a simple issue. As discussed in my previous post ( Types of Jammers ), each type of jammer brings drawbacks and limitations to airport ...

Airport Drone Mitigation
Part 3: Types of Jammers

December 14, 2022 | Mark Rutherford

In my last post - The Issues with Jamming Drone Frequencies - we started to dig into why jammers may not be the ideal solution to protect airports from ...

What About C-UAS After-Sales? Delivering the Right Service to Our Counter-Drone Professional Users

December 1, 2022 | Boaz Neeman-Golan

Delivering service is a privilege. As a global professional service team leader, with years of experience, I can say that delivering service is not only ...

Airport Drone Mitigation
Part 2: The Issues with Jamming Drone Frequencies

November 23, 2022 | Mark Rutherford

In my previous blog post– What is Jamming and How does it Work? , we reviewed “Jamming 101” topics – what are jammers, and how they operate. In ...

Airport Drone Mitigation
Part 1: What is Jamming and How does it Work?

November 15, 2022 | Mark Rutherford

In my previous blog – Why Mitigating the Increase in Rogue Drone Activity in the Vicinity of Airports Has Been Such a Hard Nut to Crack – Until Now? ...

Drone Proliferation – Safeguarding the Good, Countering the Bad

November 10, 2022 | Sandra Welfeld

There are thousands of drone companies today, some focused on specific vertical industry fields or sectors, others on more horizontal general commercial, ...

C-UAV: Enhancing UTM Safety

November 2, 2022 | Dror Moshe

A few years ago, it became clear that the coordination and management of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) – or drones – was an important and critical ...

2022 AUSA Annual Meeting Recap

October 25, 2022 | Robert Ortman

D-Fend Solutions was proud to attend and exhibit at this year’s Association of the United States Army (AUSA) convention! AUSA is a well-established and ...

Another Safety Layer in the Airspace of Things

October 18, 2022 | Danny Rajan

Drone delivery-driven consumer commerce, from giant retailers such as Amazon and Walmart , is becoming a reality. In the US, California, Texas, Ohio and ...

Wait, Explain That to Me Again… How Does This C-UAS Technology Work? A Personal D-Fend Journey

September 19, 2022 | Robert Ortman

I am a technology guy. I love all aspects of technology and its innovative capabilities. More than ten years ago, I started working with the US Marine ...

Continuously Closing the Gaps in Counter-UAS Capabilities

September 13, 2022 | Danny Rajan

Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the IDGA Counter-UAS USA Summit in Alexandria, VA. The event featured many impressive speakers, including US ...

Anti-Drone (C-UAS) Technologies: A Fresh Look, A New Comparison

September 4, 2022 | Jeffrey Starr

The constantly broadening range of Counter-Drone (C-UAS) Detection and Mitigation Technologies available today makes an efficient assessment incredibly ...

Drone Threats in the Country of the Future

August 23, 2022 | Sandra Welfeld

I was born and grew up in Brazil. Back then, there was so much hope, and Brazil was often called “The Country of the Future.” (Even though this hopeful ...

Protecting the Playing Field (& the players, staff, and fans) from Drone Threats

August 17, 2022 | Meryl Dzikansky

While drone incidents at airports have garnered headlines recently, see Ilana Brodesky’s blog The Challenge of Drone Incidents at Airports , there is ...

Round-up of Drone Incidents and Attacks in the First Half of 2022

July 19, 2022 | Meryl Dzikansky

Military forces, airports, borders, and prisons all saw notable dangerous drone incidents While 2022 has seen drones continue to become integrated ...

Talking Counter-Drone Solutions at ISS World Europe in Prague!

July 12, 2022 | Marina Aibinder

As drones increasingly become a significant threat around the world, security and safety are imperative. In fact, the Russia-Ukraine war has brought ...

7 Factors for Consideration in a Drone Security Protection Plan

July 6, 2022 | Boaz Neeman-Golan

In a previous blog post , I explained the importance of operational flexibility when handling drone threats in today’s society, given different ...

Drone Threats: With No Singular Path Ahead, You Need Options and Flexibility

June 14, 2022 | Boaz Neeman-Golan

An entire book can be written about drone accidents and incidents that occur worldwide, either due to careless, inexperienced drone operators, or ...

SOFIC 2022: What a Blast!

May 26, 2022 | Gregory Gudger

Last week, I joined some of my colleagues at D-Fend Solutions and attended the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference – SOFIC . It counts as one ...

C-UAS Agility & Connectivity to Address Drone Threats

May 11, 2022 | Nathan Boudreau

As drone usage continues to thrive offering a variety of benefits to different sectors around the world, the potential threats caused by rogue drone ...

Dangerous Drones: Hostile Flying Objects or Virus-Infected UAVs?

April 27, 2022 | Sandra Welfeld

Although it sounds like a weird question, truth is, there is some logic to it… There are drones, and there are rogue drones. Commercial and DIY drone ...