New Compact Anti-Drone Weapon

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A new compact, lightweight anti-drone weapon designed for one hand operation provides a safe countermeasure against a wide range of drone models. 

DroneShield ‘s DroneGun MkIII uses the same frequency-jamming tactics as the company’s other offerings, but is designed to work in a tighter radius with one-handed operation for a quick and easy draw. The company’s other handheld jamming devices, the DroneGun and the DroneGun Tactical, work by blasting drones with electromagnetic noise at the same frequencies the aircraft use for control communications and video transmission.

When on target, they can prompt a drone to land safely on the spot or return to its point of takeoff, while cutting the video livestream back to the operator immediately, according to newatlas.com. 

The original DroneGun models worked on drones up to 1.3 mi (2 km) away, while the DroneGun Tactical packed the tech into a tighter package for easier carry but reducing that working range to within 0.6 mi (1 km). The DroneGun MkIII continues this trend and will work on drones within a 0.3 mi (500-m) range. 

It runs on a battery good for one hour of drone-blasting action and ships in a rugged carry case for protection. Due to lack of FCC authorization, like DroneShield’s other devices, the DroneGun MkIII is not available for purchase to anyone in the US other than government agencies – at least for now.

The product 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), according to the company website.

RF disruption activation will also interfere with any live video streaming (FPV) back to the remote controller halting the collection of video footage and intelligence by the drone operator.