Drone Beat

Episode #7 features Tobin Fisher, Co-Founder and CEO of Vantage Robotics, manufacturer of the SNAP UAS, used extensively by CNN on their Ops Over People research. He discusses the practical challenges of safe commercial drone use around and over people.

Episode #8 interviews retired Israeli Air Force Brigadier General Eden Attias, CEO of ParaZero - who discusses parachutes and other technologies as mitigation measures for drones that must fly over people.

Episode #4 advances the discussion of Counter UAS to the level of specific counter measures and what methods can be deployed to take rogue drones out of the sky. Timothy Bean, CEO of Fortem Technologies discusses the use of their Drone Hunter solution and Stan Patterson of Radiance Technologies discusses lasers and other directed energy counter measures.

Episode #3 features Luke Fox, CEO of White Fox discusses what you can actually do to stop rogue drones in a legal and safe manner. He explains the methodology for spoofing drones, taking control of the drone and safely removing them.

What measures can be legally deployed to detect and track UAS threats in both Europe and the United States? In Episode #2, Craig Marchinkowski, Director at Grypon Sensors and David Sandler, ISR System Specialist at Rohde & Schwarz explore the various technical solutions that enable the identification and tracking of a UAS with hostile intent.

Episode #1 features Dan Johnson, Oracle. Formerly Small UAS analyst with U.S. Department of Homeland Security with 30 years of ISR experience in the U.S. Air Force and Paul Rigby, CEO of Consortiq explain the need for Counter UAS to mitigate the threat posed by the clueless, criminal and careless. From ISIL to the recent Gatwick incident, we delve into specific examples that highlight the need for such solutions.