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Participate at the world’s only countering drones conference dedicated to the security community.

The Gatwick incident in December has brought the subject of security against drones sharply back into focus. This July, our panel of experts at the Countering Drones Conference will be discussing the most pressing issues surrounding threat, risk, resilience, technology and incident response. 

U.S. Government, UK MoD, FIFA, Directorate of Civil Aviation Security (France), Riyadh Airports, Gendarmerie Nationale, plus many others have confirmed their participation. 

Five reasons to attend the Countering Drones Conference:

1. Gain an understanding of what future drone threats look like and how to prepare your organisation for them
2. Acquire the knowledge of how to respond effectively to drone disruption cooperatively with other organisations and agencies
3. Align your current plans with the latest solutions and recommendations from leading experts
4. Deepen your knowledge of risk and security to understand how to protect your organisation more cost-effectively
5. Influence future policy and demonstrate thought leadership by contributing to discussions with key industry experts

In this exclusive opinion piece, the researchers behind the ‘Red Teaming Report’ on ‘The Nefarious, Criminal and Terrorist Use of Drones’, Professor David Dunn and Dr Christopher Wyatt from the University of Birmingham, explore the challenges surrounding countering drones in the civilian space. 

Leaders of this year’s Countering Drones Conference workshop on ‘Helping security professionals understand risk, regulation and resilience to counter the accidental or unlawful misuse of drones’, they delve here into the three main themes that will be the core focus of the day: risk, regulation and resilience. 

Download the piece to learn more about:

• The challenges surrounding current risk management systems
• The necessity for regulation to act as a deterrent and bring liability to the different types of drone users
• The need for resilience to be built in infrastructure, for prevention and to combat specific threats

As recent incidents has shown – the Gatwick airport shut down, the attack on Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, the prison escape of French outlaw Rédoine Faïd – drones have the ability to create chaos at major transport hubs and enable terrorists and criminals to conduct illegal activities. Although authorities now take the threat more seriously, the question around their resilience and adequate response remains. 

Ahead of this year’s Countering Drones Global Conference, Defence IQ have created this map outlining the latest drone incidents around the world. Speakers from the sectors represented here will be present at the event to further the discussion around the need to detect, identify and neutralise malicious drone activity. 

Download the map to learn more about:

• Prisons – How drones enabled the smuggling of £500,000-worth of drugs into prisons across the UK last year
• CNI – Greenpeace’s deliberate flying of a drone into EDF’s nuclear power station in France
• Public events – The illegal drone which flew above an Ed Sheeran concert in Australia
• Airports – The arrest of a man taking selfies inside the terminal area at Hong Kong International airport

Click on 'download' to view the full map. 

Aveillant is at the forefront of 3D holographic radar technology, seen as a promising solution to detect and track small drones in the civil airspace. Creator of the Gamekeeper radar currently operated in airports across Monaco, Singapore and Paris and partner of our Countering Drones Conference, Richard Lawrence the Sales & Marketing Manager shares in this exclusive interview with Defence IQ his expertise on the role of solution providers and their challenges in developing counter drone solutions. 

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Download the interview and get answers to the following questions:

• How would you rate the current threat that drones pose to public safety?
• What makes the detection and tracking of small drones so difficult in congested airspaces, such as airports, stadiums, prisons, CNI etc.? How can industry overcome these challenges to efficiently protect civilian and governmental infrastructure?
• Which sector do you see as the current main driver for the need for counter drone solutions?
• Are there any legislative or regulatory obstacles industry faces when creating counter drone solutions?

Get a taste of the interview below:

Defence IQ: What makes the detection and tracking of small drones so difficult in congested airspaces, such as airports, stadiums, prisons, CNI etc.? How can industry overcome these challenges to efficiently protect civilian and governmental infrastructure?

Richard Lawrence: Traditional ATC radar is designed to detect large targets at relatively long range. Drones are often too small for these systems to detect or separate from the background clutter so they are effectively invisible.

As well as being small, drones tend to fly relatively slowly, at low altitudes and may have erratic and unpredictable flight paths. These factors compound the difficulty for traditional radar to detect drones or differentiate them from avian targets.

Unlike other traffic in controlled airspace, drones are rarely equipped to report their altitude so even if they were visible to ATC radar, there would be no reliable way to establish safe vertical separation.

In an urban environment, reflected energy from buildings and other structures produces high levels of static clutter which can overwhelm…

Participate at the world’s only online conference for the security community dedicated to countering drones

03-04 June 2020 | London, UK

Five reasons to attend the Countering Drones Online Conference:

• Greater understanding of the development of drones and their potential to be used to challenge the safety and security of your assets
• Improved awareness of Counter Drone solutions, their relevance to your organisation and demonstratable ROI for your efforts
• Network with experts and key decision makers from Law Enforcement, airports, prisons, critical national infrastructure and industry to enhance your approach to drone security
• Increase your situational awareness and readiness to deal with the threat posed by criminal or unidentified drones