LANIUS. The future is now.

LANIUS. The future is now. This Urban Battlefield Assassin Drone is a Nightmare. Elbit Systems is now offering a small but terrifying capability for urban warfare environments, and its name is LANIUS. LANIUS is the company’s new drone-based search-and-attack loitering munition designed for short-range operation through deployment via a multicopter as well as by hand.…

It’s just another tool in our toolbox.

Grambling State University, a historically Black college in northern Louisiana, has announced that it is starting drone patrols on the campus. According to Police Chief Rod Demery, security drones will help his department get a better view of the events on campus. San Francisco-based nonprofit digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation has identified at least…

Security at a higher level…

We recently completed a study into the added value of drones. Drones that preventively prevent security incidents or act reactively during the response phase, where effectiveness and efficiency have been assessed. Summary of the study. Due to the tight labor market, the security industry is also looking for alternatives. A changing threat landscape also means…

Weaponized drones are here, it’s time to act.

Evolving and new drone technology, that’s where the threat is coming from. With drone technology sufficiently advanced to carry weapons and explosives, drones are now capable of deployment on land and sea throughout the world. In essence, we are unprepared because we have insufficient or nonexistent knowledge about the plans and intentions of our opponents.…

WHY USE DRONE PARACHUTES?

DII recently carried out a brief poll about drone parachutes. Based on the responses, roughly 1/4 of drone users have used or continue to use a parachute for their drone. Yet around 44% of respondents had never considered using one before. That same poll also suggests that 31% consider it impractical or expensive, but the…