Startup pitches anti-drone launcher as answer to rogue UAVs
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#15WKJ)
Northumberland-based OpenWorks Engineering's SkyWall fires net-containing projectiles to disable and capture nuisance civilian drones
What's the answer to a drone that has gone rogue and is flying where it shouldn't? According to Northumberland-based startup OpenWorks Engineering, it's an air-powered net launcher that fires small anti-drone projectiles.
The SkyWall is a new shoulder-mounted compressed-air launcher that fires shells containing a net and parachute to capture and bring a drone back to the ground without damaging it.
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