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Counter-UAS
Geofencing and No-Fly Zones Explained: How Drone Airspace Controls Actually Work
On January 13, 2025, DJI stopped blocking its drones from flying into restricted airspace—ending a decade of hard firmware locks. Here is what replaced them: the FAA airspace stack, Remote ID enforcement, and where every layer of the system breaks down.
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Counter-UAS
Net Capture Systems: The Case for Catching Drones Instead of Destroying Them
Kinetic destruction and RF jamming both carry unacceptable collateral risks in civilian airspace. A new generation of net-capture systems — compressed-air launchers and autonomous interceptor hexacopters — offers a low-debris, forensics-preserving alternative built for populated environments.
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Counter-UAS
How Drone Detection Actually Works: Radar, RF, EO/IR, and the Fusion Stack
No single sensor can catch every drone. Here is how radar, RF analyzers, electro-optical/infrared cameras, and acoustic arrays each cover different gaps — and why military and federal planners are betting on layered fusion architectures to close them.
