Super Bowl: experimental radar aims to stop drone drama at game
by Mark Harris in Seattle from Technology | The Guardian on (#47Z3H)
After rogue drone sightings halt flights, startup seeks permission to test tracking system at Sunday's game
A Bill Gates-funded startup is seeking permission to test a new kind of drone detector at Sunday's Super Bowl game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots in Atlanta.
Echodyne, a Seattle-based company, filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Sunday to operate two experimental radars "in the immediate vicinity" of Mercedes-Benz Stadium to "alert security personnel, including federal officers, of any unidentified drone activity during Super Bowl LIII".
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