Rogue Drones

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 ...

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 ...

Part 2: Drone Attacks & Incidents – 2022 in Review

March 1, 2023 | Meryl Dzikansky

My previous blog examined the current state of the rogue drone threat in the context of notable incidents perpetrated by criminals across various ...

Part 1: Drone Attacks & Incidents – 2022 in Review

February 22, 2023 | Meryl Dzikansky

The commercial drone market experienced major growth in 2022, and this trend is expected to continue as drones become more affordable, accessible, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Airport Drone Mitigation Prequel: Why Mitigating the Increase in Rogue Drone Activity in the Vicinity of Airports Has Been Such a Hard Nut to Crack – Until Now?

July 28, 2022 | Mark Rutherford

Drone Proliferation: The Good, the Bad, and the Dangerous In 2020, the total number of consumer drone shipments worldwide was around five million ...

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 ...

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 ...

Post-Drone Incident Continuity

February 24, 2022 | Udi Lowy

The BBC reports that last month there were days’ worth of mysterious drones sightings over key sites in Sweden, including three nuclear sites and the ...

Rogue Drones: A Problem Plaguing Prisons

February 14, 2022 | Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Rexach Vega

Rogue drones smuggling contraband – weapons, drugs, cellphones, etc. – has been an issue for years, but it seems to have significantly spiked in the ...

UK Military Should be Ready to Encounter Drones in Unexpected Places

April 27, 2021 | Martin Broomhead

Many of the traditional counter-small, unmanned aerial systems (C-sUASs) were designed for the battlefield. It seemed natural for military personnel to ...