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Battelle Drone Defender

Say welcome to the special anti-drone shoulder 'rifle' - CNET
This remarkably sensitive item is called the Drone Defender. It was announced Tuesday by Battelle, which claims to be the largest nonprofit research and development organization in the world.
The Drone Defender interferes with the radio frequency of the drone. It fools the drone into believing it's out of range of its owner. Battelle spokeswoman Katy Delaney told me that once the drone experiences confusion, "it will commonly do one of three things. It will drop to the ground, return to its operator or descend in a controlled manner."



Battelle says the rifle works within a 400-meter radius. In posting its simulation video to YouTube, the company said, "Drones are great, but not when someone is doing something bad with one, like dropping contraband into a prison or flying into restricted airspace."
Indeed, Battelle says its primary goal lies in helping the authorities guard against drones that have a malicious purpose.

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Note: This device has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and may not be, offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained. Due to U.S. Federal regulations, this is a simulation of our DroneDefender. It has, though, been successfully tested in field trials.

While once owned solely by the military, small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones, are now widely available. With increased availability comes increased risk, especially to government personnel and assets.
Yet, traditional defense mechanisms against UAS, such as shooting them down, are not tenable under current regulations and other potential solutions pose safety risks. So how can agencies of the federal government defend against drones and protect what matters most?
The answer is Battelle’s DroneDefender™ system, which utilizes a non-kinetic solution to defend airspace up to 400m against UAS, such as quadcopters and hexacopters, without compromising safety or risking collateral damage.
This innovative system provides instantaneous disruption of unwanted UAS using two different defenses:

• Remote control drone disruption
• GPS disruption