Australian counter-drone firm DroneShield has released a new wearable security product weighing less than 1kg to detect “rogue” drones.

RfPatrol is designed for use by military, law enforcement, security and VIP customers. Since it doesn’t emit jamming signals, it’s legal in more jurisdictions than many other counter-drone products.

Rogue drones present a unique threat to military and other security personnel in a myriad of battle scenarios – especially from aircraft launched by terrorist groups such as ISIS.

Hostile drones can also threaten key infrastructure assets – such as oil pipelines, creating international incidents.

The RfPatrol can be operated in “stealth” or “glimpse” modes, allowing users to control how they receive alerts. Users get feedback via haptic, visual and audio components.

The device is supported by DroneShield Link, a system allowing operators to maintain updated databases in a changing threat environment.

The device has a detection range of just over 800m – line-of-sight and omni-directional and can detect a drone on a known frequency in less than five second.

Expected to have substantial appeal

“Due to its miniaturised, body-worn nature, substantially larger customer (market share) due to its non-emitting nature, and a relatively lower price point compared to fixed site products, we expect it to have substantial appeal,” said DroneShield CEO Oleg Vornik.

“In addition to being able to be used as a stand-alone, it is a perfect companion to our DroneGun product.”

DroneGun Tactical provides a safe countermeasure against a wide range of drone models. It allows for a controlled management of drone payload such as explosives, with no damage to common drones models or surrounding environment due to the drones generally responding via a vertical controlled landing on the spot, or returning back to the starting point (assisting to track the operator).

DroneShield’s other products include:

• DroneSentinel: a multi-prone detection product designed to locate rogue drones. The solution is aimed at customers unable to deploy jamming because of regulatory or operational restrictions.

• DroneSentry: A solution that detects and neutralizes unmanned aerial bandits using jamming technology. The product is geared toward foreign clients – the product has not been authorized by the FCC and may not be sold or leased in the U.S. because it jams radio signals.

Based in Sydney and with offices in Virginia and Washington DC (USA) and London, DroneShield is a world leader in drone security technology.

Source: Drone Life