D-Fend Options’ EnforceAir Chosen for FAA’s Airport UAS Detection and Mitigation Analysis Program
by DRONELIFE Workers Author Ian M. Crosby
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Counter-drone detection and takeover expertise chief D-Fend Options has been chosen to participate within the FAA’s Airport UAS Detection and Mitigation Analysis Program, beneath Part 383 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. The corporate’s EnforceAir C-UAS system will undergo preliminary testing at Atlantic Metropolis Worldwide Airport (KACY), with potential extra assessments to happen at different airports.
EnforceAir is this system’s first first RF-cyber primarily based superior protocol full takeover UAS detection and mitigation system, and is designed to optimize risk detection and mitigation in airports via a counter-drone method enabling close by approved drones to proceed operations with out affecting navigation or communications methods, damaging infrastructure, or burdening personnel. The system grants 360 diploma and long-range directional safety and protection, safeguarding airport services and takeoff and touchdown airspace corridors.
“EnforceAir’s engagement on this mission-critical FAA program aligns completely with our core mission of main in offering probably the most superior expertise to beat rogue drone threats in probably the most delicate environments and airspace, most notably airports, in a managed method that permits secure and uninterrupted operations”, mentioned D-Fend Options Chairman and CEO Zohar Halachmi. “We’re gratified to be chosen for this prestigious and selective program, and we commend the FAA for prioritizing necessities for the most secure types of non-disruptive mitigation expertise that enable for airport operational continuity.”
D-Fend’s participation on this FAA program is a continuation of the corporate’s collaboration with a number of US federal businesses throughout DoD, DHS, and DoJ, in addition to its latest advice by the DoD’s Joint Counter Small Unmanned Programs Workplace (JCO).
The Airport UAS Detection and Mitigation Analysis Program permits the FAA to collaborate with main federal departments and businesses to ensure the creation of methods designed to detect and/or mitigate potential drone threats and guarantee they don’t intervene with secure airport operations.
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Ian attended Dominican College of California, the place he obtained a BA in English in 2019. With a lifelong ardour for writing and storytelling and a eager curiosity in expertise, he’s now contributing to DroneLife as a employees author.
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