DroneShield Limited

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DroneShield Limited

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Mujo
Last edited 4 weeks ago

I don’t have much of a view on what i think is a very overhyped stock but clearly the US is throwing a lot at the space - https://www.wired.com/story/us-military-robot-drone-guns/

Competition heating up though:

‘At the Technology Readiness Experimentation (T-REX) event in August, the US Defense Department tested an artificial intelligence-enabled autonomous robotic gun system developed by fledgling defense contractor Allen Control Systems dubbed the “Bullfrog.”’

‘Consisting of a 7.62-mm M240 machine gun mounted on a specially designed rotating turret outfitted with an electro-optical sensor, proprietary AI, and computer vision software, the Bullfrog was designed to deliver small arms fire on drone targets with far more precision than the average US service member can achieve with a standard-issue weapon like the M4 carbine or next-generation XM7 rifle. Indeed, footage of the Bullfrog in action published by ACS shows the truck-mounted system locking onto small drones and knocking them out of the sky with just a few shots.’

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‘August that the testing of the “low-cost” Bullfrog solution had “gone really well.” Should the Pentagon adopt the system, it would represent the first publicly known lethal autonomous weapon in the US military’s arsenal‘
Clio
Added 4 weeks ago

@Mujo one of the questions I have about lethal anti-drone weapons is that if the drone is carrying any sort of payload, the last thing you want is to "knock it out of the sky." If you are on a battlefield, or if you are an airport, port, or prison, blowing up drones, whether in the air or by "downing" them, doesn't seem a very good idea.

I first looked at Droneshield's system in detail quite some time ago, but unless they've changed, I think their system gives the operator control of the enemy drone so they can land it, the implication being safely. Is that still the case?

Discl: Held IRL and SM.

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Mujo
Added 4 weeks ago

The pie is probably bigger for a number of competing technologies I'd think. I'd also think with jamming software like droneshield there would need to be a lot of continued R&D. That's a positive if it leads to subscription revenue.

However, to answer your question I was under the impression it just jammed the signal forcing the drone to either fall out of the sky or return to the operator.

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I don't think the guns let you take control of the drone. I could be wrong however, posted it just to show the US is funding a lot of different technologies in the space - the article mentions some others too.

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GazD
Added 4 weeks ago

Agreed. Oleg has always described radio frequency jamming which results in either the drone landing or returning to operator (I think depending on how the drone has been programmed rather than on a dronshield dependent factor)

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Clio
Added 4 weeks ago

@GazD @Mujo - thanks for the clarification. Returning or landing, rather than blowing the thing up, was what I remembered taking in re Droneshield's system. And yes, it seems DRO's system will require constant upgrades/refinements to protect their jamming capabilities, which from a long term financial point of view might not be a bad thing.

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Mujo
Added 4 weeks ago

This my speculation, but assuming there needs to be a detonation trigger then as long as the bullet itself doesn't cause the munition to explode (it shouldn't as its just metal and depending on the explosive) then shooting it down should be similar to it just landing in place.

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