Spotlight Session at Air Defence’s Counter-UAS Day Online Event
every day drones are improving lives optimizing operations and transforming societies but a small portion of operators are causing chaos endangering lives and posing a threat to safety and national security traditional counter uas solutions are often not suitable as the sole component of a counter uas strategy they can interfere with communications and authorized drones and cause collateral damage or even fail to detect the threat defense solutions focuses on the real threat dangerous drones that can carry heavy payloads travel long distances and are readily accessible enforce air defense solutions flagship counter drone solution protects military public safety airport border vip prison major event and critical infrastructure environments it has been deployed hundreds of times worldwide enforce air features radio frequency cyber takeover technology it automatically detects locates and identifies rogue drones and their pilots and then mitigates the drone enforce air is set up quickly the hardware is compact and can be rapidly disassembled moved and reassembled for operational flexibility as soon as rogue drones enter the protected area they are detected and an alert is immediately activated their unique communication identifiers are extracted and the takeoff location is discovered in four sayers unique takeover technology automatically takes control and operators lose their communication signals they cannot control their drones or renew contact authorized drones in the area are unaffected the rogue drones are sent along their designated route ending in a safe landing a safe outcome is achieved without disrupting the continuity of communications commerce transportation or everyday life defense solutions constantly develops new capabilities to always stay a drone thread ahead hello my name is martin brumpage and i'm the uk general manager for defence solutions in this brief presentation i will discuss elements of the drone threat facing the military explain the limitations of traditional counter-driven solutions and highlight how our cyber takeover technology will empower you to take complete control of rock loans and the instant life cycle who are defense solutions well we're a company that has quickly ascended to become the global leader within the counter-drone cyber takeover technology space we have hundreds of our enforcer counter-ua systems operationally deployed across five continents including locations such as major international airports forward operating military bases high-profile national borders and seaports defence solutions talented team is comprised of experts with extensive experience in air defense electronic warfare uh cyber security and including people from elite military intelligence technology units in 2020 we tripled our size of our installed base intensified sales in europe and added five executives to our senior management team we now employ over 140 people worldwide many of you will already know us of course as we're currently working with several major organizations here in the uk some of whom i'm sure will be attending this conference so let's take a look at the threat across the environment here we have some illustrative videos uh available on youtube um that just highlights some of the the threat that is out there in august 2020 a drone uh delayed the red sox game with the tampa bay rays at fenway park the players and umpires had to walk off the field and the game was delayed until the drone flew away a low level but nuisance event in may 2020 it was with widespread disbelief at the footage posted online that the near-miss incident between the u.s blue uh navy blue angels and what's believed to be a small consumer quadcopter in 2017 an audacious criminal gang using drones equipped with fishing lines flew more than 500 000 pounds worth of contraband including drugs and phones into prisons across england and scotland and in 2017 whilst embedded with iraq special forces ben solomon of the new york times was on the front lines in mosul when the threat came from above and isis drone dropping grenades unfortunately we're seeing near constant drone incidents across many sectors including asymmetrical warfare against conventional military forces affordability is easy to obtain drones can be used to assassinate conduct corporate espionage so mass terror smuggle drugs into prison or across borders disrupt major events and pose dangers to airspace and airports drones are becoming more compact faster harder to detect and more durable many can fly long distances and carry heavy payloads and are easy to operate all of which poses a safety and security risk to nearly every type of environment so let's look at a few of those environments we're talking about military and special forces law enforcement first responders air traffic control government vip homeland security maritime borders um and right across landmark prisons media and enterprise stadiums critical infrastructure and local government a considerable list military personnel understand the drone threat and have faced it for many years terror groups using commercial drones purchased online and transformed into remotely piloted bombs we last saw this in places such as iraq and afghanistan since then many other groups have used drones in asymmetrical warfare against conventional forces but terror attacks are not just the full scope of the drone threat to soldiers drones are also being used as an eye in the sky collecting intelligence on true movements and military bases drones also threaten flight to flight operations of military aircraft nefarious actors can easily obtain sophisticated high-tech drones online these drones can carry significant payloads travel long distances and so pose a serious threat continuing on from the previous slide it's important to ensure a counter drone system can first and foremost deal with the most dangerous and accessible drones not all drones pose an equal threat from a military perspective the focus should be on the most prevalent dangerous drones capable of carrying heavy payloads traveling long distances and withstanding adverse weather conditions these there are many types of drones some of which may pose little or no operational threat at defend we understand how important it is for a counter-uas solution to categorize and prioritize the threat posed by each classification of drone and deal with them accordingly such as and diy heavy payload drones capable of flying several kilometers and carrying significant payloads commercially available or home built from off-the-shelf paths they utilize long-distance radio communications to fly longer distances while transmitting telemetry and high resolution video back to their remote control it's important to note that these drones make up eighty percent of the commercial market shorter range wi-fi drones are usually small controlled fire and control via a smartphone app and due to the limitations of wi-fi these drones can fly for only a few hundred meters these types of drones are usually considered to be lower threat use their limited range small size and inability to carry a substantial type of payload but they can still threaten operational security again at defence solutions we recognize that traditional technologies have a role to play in a layered defense strategy but struggle in urban and sensitive environments during detection radars are often had trouble being used as the main drone component in differentiating between small drones and other flying objects generating a high rate of false alarms whilst they're also complicated to use electro-optical solutions can be effective where you have a clear liner site which is often not the case in an urban environment user because acoustic solutions um is generally ineffective in a noisy radio frequency saturated environment jamming based mitigation solutions emit large amounts of energy to block chrome's control signals which is likely to disrupt other radio and mobile phone signals including time critical incident control communications also jamming solutions do not allow for the full control of the drone the hostile pilot may regain control of the drone once the jamming stops for instance kinetic solutions whilst uh which involve uh sorry shooting down the uh a uh a drone from the high risk of injury and collateral damage especially in earlier urban scenarios well some of the units are using cancer drug technologies uh that prevent them from obtaining the intelligence captured by the uav um kinetic cancer drone solutions risk losing this intelligence by destroying the drone sensitive environments require a next generation anti-drone defense system so an rf in detection and rf cyber detection where you expect the outcome to be fast and accurate detection no false positives and no line of sight required for mitigation you require an rf cyber takeover technology the outcome you desire is to disconnect and take control of the drone it's a safe route to a safe landing the total continuity and what i mean by that is no communication disruption collateral damage or stoppages enforcer by defense solutions is our operationally proven flagship counter uas product featuring our world leading counter drone software defined radio cyber takeover technology our system operates in either autonomous or manual mode to detect locate and track drones in your airspace enforce air will take control over the drone and land it in a safe and landed safely in a predefined landing point enforce air does not jam signals it does not use kinetic force and it does not require line of sight to operate so enforcer by defend is a non-jamming non-kinetic technology that does not require a line of sight it will not interfere with other other transmitting equipment and making it ideal for environments including sensitive and complex urban sites the enforcer counter-ua system will passively detect track and identify road clones of interest whilst also indicating the location of pilots this information could be passed the military intelligence enabling them to target the perpetrator and pretend uh prevent a further incident on this slide we can see from the left uh defend solutions unique full incident life cycle management capability from detect and alert the system passively detects drones out to a radius of several kilometers locate and track the real-time location and tracking using the exact gps location of the drone via its public beacon telemetry signal you can classify the drone defend provides the drone with a unique communication identifier and creates a tail number allowing the drone to be tagged friendly or hostile and dealt with accordingly discovering the pilot's position and identification the system will display the take-off position with gps accuracy and then track the pilot's movements all of these actions are conducted autonomously and passively by the enforcer system for mitigation we have fend off the system disk where the system disconnects the control signal between the drone and the pilot causing the drone to activate its lost signal protocol or return to home protocol the other option is to take control and land by transmitting a short control signal the system takes control of the drone and routes it to a safe landing point via a predefined safe route enforcer is totally passive during detection track and identification avoiding the risk of exposing military units to df targeting systems multiple protection alert zones can be set up across a wide area of interest military intelligence can inspire this captured drone data such as the drone types and that are frequently attacking them the launch locations and the drone camera footage enforcer provides a rogue a road drone home point takeoff position with gps accuracy whilst the drone is still in the mid-air and indicates the drone's pilot's position and remote controller location during takeoff military units are increasingly using authorised drones to help them on the battlefield during the mitigation process the enforce air system will not affect authorized drones which will continue to function without interruption the enforcer provides a high degree of operational flexibility its core components can be easily transferred mounted and reconfigured within a matter of minutes providing an ability for to move anywhere at any time our military vehicle kit offers a moving bubble of protection so the forces can enjoy full mobility defense solutions ground level tactical kit provides complete support to ground forces with full omnidirectional coverage with hundreds of deployments and thousands of operational hours all of the deployed options are operationally tested and proven the multiple sensor commander control or msc ii to connect enforce air systems across multiple different locations the multiple sensor commander control or msc 2 system can be connected via a data network link to each of the dispersed enforcer systems this enables the central management configuration and operation of multiple enforcer units as one consolidated view the enforcer msc 2 software runs on an enforcer central server is managed and to manage the mitigation process and automatically designates the best sensor to defeat each hostile drone because our system does not rely on jammers or kinetic technology it avoids collateral damage interference disruption or disturbance enforce air transmits a low-power short control signal to take control of hostile drones and so continuity prevails as communications commerce and everyday life remain unaffected defence solutions is committed to staying a drone threat ahead we are continually developing new capabilities to stay ahead and anticipate the most unpredictable drone challenges and proactively building the next generation optimal solutions to defend against tomorrow's threat continuous software updates result in an up-to-date response to new drone models and diy radio components defense solution takes on this challenge by bringing together all the necessary competencies and by employing an extensive team of r d experts with wide cross-domain and real-world experience our team possesses advanced skill sets and a real passion for command for counter drone threat reaction and response the four core concepts that guide defense product development and implementation as well as the way we service our customers are a good way to recap the main themes of this presentation these are control safety focus and future control the best way to control the drone uh its wrong threat is to take control of the drone safety safe landing or fending off of the road drone is the best possible outcome for safe airspace and continuity focus counter drone measures must focus on the real risk the most dangerous drones and employ drone risk analysis assessment and prioritization and the future the constantly changing and increasingly complex drone threat requires foreseeing the drone future and always staying a drone threat ahead so thank you very much for your time and attention and it's been an honor to speak to such an important event our takeover counter drone technology is already helping several of the organizations in attendance and we look forward to helping many more and until then thank you for your time and i hope to speak to you soon hey thank you martin and and many thanks to defense solutions for uh the sponsorship and the presentation today uh we've got uh we've got time for a question maybe two if we can squeeze them in in an effort to get back on uh time here um can you talk about especially following up the closing comments there um what what are some of the uh solutions that you all are working towards regarding uh a swarm capability um you know greater than five greater than ten uh platforms at any given time in an effort to determine or to solve the cyber challenges that may exist as well that's an um and david thank you for the welcome um that's a that's a really good question we uh we're already there to be honest um we are our system already um detects tracks and mitigates uh swarm threats um and uh i'd be delighted to discuss that in more detail with that with anybody that wanted to uh yeah to reach out to us and and get further information but um yeah we are already very aware uh very on top of and can control track and mitigate swarm threats okay thank you um and uh a second question and uh and then we'll turn it over to you for uh closing and comments um reference uh the various environments and uh was discussed by some of the earlier presenters whether it's in an urban environment a desert opening open terrain or what have you um you discuss the uh diverse uh cross-section of sectors and environments is there a difference in how organizations operating in various environments would deploy their counter drone systems um yeah another another good question so i think drone threats vary by mission uh by use case and certainly by environment so forces and their organizations responsible counter uas must clearly carefully evaluate their needs uh in many cases it's best to preserve flexibility and agility and since the the drone threat is is an unpredictable one um i think uh what i would uh i suppose where i position defend solutions and enforce air is as the um the the first line of defense so well the base system so if you think about um commercial drones being about 95 percent of the threat that's currently out there at the moment then you can imagine that you can get a a counter drone solution on the ground quickly effectively uh at a a good at a good cost point uh to get your calendar drone solution up and running um i think you know we recognize uh as know all county uas organizations do that you know one no one solution is the complete uh the complete package uh and so where the uh the threat is such uh higher in higher military environments you might want to look at that last five percent um that's where other uh you know effectors uh sorry another um sensors come into effect like radars uh and you know we can certainly work very closely with those in fact our api interface allows us to do that very quickly and very effectively so we see ourselves very much as part of a solution but very much you know the first solution on the ground and that can give a good level of counter drug capability very quickly and effectively
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