Verus Debuts New Fixed-Site Counter UAS System
Verus Technology Group has introduced the SkyView-DIV2 fixed-site counter unmanned aircraft system (CUAS), its next-generation anti-drone technology for tracking and simultaneous multi-target detection of UAS. The SkyView-DIV2 will be formally released in Jan. 2020 and VTG has already received orders for the system. The company says the new system brings improvements in detection speed, improved API capabilities for simplified multi-sensor integration, and the same low-false start and ease-of-use characteristics featured in all of its SkyView products. VTG also says it generated over $10 million in sales in 2019, including several multi-million dollar purchases of its SkyView-MPV2 mobile UAS system. VTG’s SkyView products are in used by U.S. Special Operations Command, the Marine Corps, Department of State, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, intelligence agencies and more.
Security Radar Integrators, Echodyne Partnering on Airport Security
Security Radar Integrators (SRI) and Echodyne have partnered to provide a ground-based perimeter intrusion detection system (PIDS) and unmanned aircraft system (UAS) detection capability for comprehensive airport surveillance. SRI is integrating Echodyne’s EchoGuard 3D radar in its Airfield Radar System.
DroneShield Counter UAS System Certified by UK Agency
The United Kingdom’s Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) has certified DroneShield’s DroneSentinel counter unmanned aircraft system (CUAS), which means it is now included in CPNI’s Catalogue of Security Equipment. The catalogue is an approved products list for deployments across various critical infrastructure customers in the U.K., including airports, stadiums and other key sites. “The importance of this world’s first formal government certification is that it substantially reduces procurement cycle in the nascent counter-drone space by giving prospective customers certainty of product quality,” says Oleg Vornik, CEO of DroneShield. “We expect this certification to drive significant end customer interest in the U.K. and also globally.” BT Group plc is DroneShield’s partner in the U.K. Separately, DroneShield says that its counter-drone technology was recently used in the Philippines to track and disable seven commercial UAS during the opening ceremony of the 30th Southeast Asian Games. The company’s RfPatrol was used to detect the drones while DroneNode and DroneGun Tactical were used to neutralize the small UAS. The systems were used by the Presidential Security Group and the PHISGOC Games Safety & Security Counter-Drone Team from Safer PH Innovations. Safer PH is DroneShield’s partner in the Philippines. DroneShield says that four of the drones appeared at the same time along the flight path of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte minutes before his arrival, prompting the security team to deploy the counter-UAS systems. C
CBP, S&T Test Remote Surveillance Technologies for Northern Border
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate and Customs and Border Protection participated in a field test in August of a network of airborne and terrestrial tactical surveillance technologies to provide portable situational awareness capability with a hybrid communications network. The testing in Sweetgrass, Mont., connected commercial cellular, local VHF Mesh, and agent-portable satellite communications devices along the remote U.S. and Canadian border to improve CBP’s ability to track and prevent incursions in vulnerable areas.
IDenta Introduces New Explosives Trace Detector for Airports and Airlines
Israel’s IDenta Corp. has introduced the TANKER explosives trace detector, which is designed for multiple examinations with up to 600 tests per kit. The company says TANKER provides continuous detection of explosives residue on people, objects and surfaces and can be used for a broad range of explosives.
DetectaChem says Explosive Detector Scores High in DoD Venue Security Evaluation
DetectaChem says its SEEKERe handheld explosives detector received an overall score of 2.98 out of 3 in an evaluation this year as part of a Department of Defense Domestic Preparedness Support Initiative contract. The SEEKERe was selected for evaluation by the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security in collaboration with the National Sports Security Laboratory for the evaluation of technologies needed to fill identified security gaps at sport and entertainment venues. Some of the evaluation criteria include detection of trace and bulk homemade, military and precursor explosive materials within 30 seconds, identify, discover or locate threats or hazards through active search procedures, and can prevent, avoid or stop an imminent, threatened or actual act of terrorism. DetectaChem says the SEEKERe’s score was based on application, capability, ease of use, mobility, purchasing options, maintenance and environmental functionality.