{"id":6011,"date":"2019-01-04T21:41:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T21:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/gatwick-and-heathrow-buying-anti-drone-equipment\/"},"modified":"2019-01-04T21:41:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T21:41:38","slug":"gatwick-and-heathrow-buying-anti-drone-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/gatwick-and-heathrow-buying-anti-drone-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Gatwick and Heathrow buying anti-drone equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Anti-drone technology on roof at Gatwick airport\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/145AF\/production\/_105057338_gettyimages-1074493494.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Anti-drone equipment was deployed by the RAF at Gatwick until this week<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Gatwick and Heathrow are to spend millions of pounds on anti-drone technology following the disruption at the Sussex airport before Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>The equipment, which can detect and jam communications between a drone and its operator, was deployed by the RAF on a roof at Gatwick last month.<\/p>\n<p>About 1,000 flights were cancelled over three days due to drone sightings.<\/p>\n<p>Gatwick said it had spent \u00a35m to prevent future attacks, and Heathrow confirmed it would be buying systems.<\/p>\n<p>More than 140,000 passengers at Gatwick were affected during 36 hours of chaos between 19 and 21 December.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-sussex-46741687\" class=\"story-body__link\">Military leaves Gatwick after drone chaos<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-46632892\" class=\"story-body__link\">How can a drone cause so much chaos?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The military was brought in by the government and was only stood down on Wednesday this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Defence said personnel from the Royal Air Force Regiment were involved in the deployment.<\/p>\n<p>Last year it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.janes.com\/article\/82347\/uk-signs-for-drone-dome-c-uas-system\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">reported that the MoD had ordered the Drone Dome system<\/a> developed by Israeli company Rafael. <\/p>\n<p>The system has a range of several miles and uses four radars to give 360-degree detection to identify and track drones.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is understood the MoD is still waiting to receive the system and alternative technology was in use at Gatwick.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Thousands of passengers were disrupted by the drone incidents at Gatwick before Christmas<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gatwick and Heathrow have not disclosed the equipment they plan to use in future.<\/p>\n<p>A Gatwick spokeswoman confirmed the airport had invested in new anti-drone defences after the disruption.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Heathrow said: &#8220;The safety of our passengers and colleagues remains our top priority.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Working closely with relevant authorities including the Met Police, we are constantly looking at the best technologies that help remove the threat of drones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sussex Police, which is still investigating the disruption, says it was caused by &#8220;numerous instances of illegal drone activity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The force said it has &#8220;relevant sightings&#8221; from 115 witnesses &#8211; 93 of whom it described as &#8220;credible&#8221; &#8211; including airport staff, police officers and a pilot.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-46754489\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Anti-drone equipment was deployed by the RAF at Gatwick until this week Gatwick and Heathrow are to spend millions of pounds on anti-drone technology following the disruption at the Sussex airport before Christmas. 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