Government approves plans to instruct the Dublin Airport Authority to purchase counter drone technologies
GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED plans to instruct the Dublin Airport Authority to purchase non-kinetic counter drone technologies.
O’Leary had also spoken about the apparent indecision about whether gardaí, Airport Police or the DAA would operate the anti-drone technology.It is understood that the most commercially available systems proposed for use at Dublin Airport uses radio frequency jamming.These non-kinetic systems scramble the frequency and cause a drone to return to its operator or to land at a designated safe site.
The cost of purchasing, deploying and operating the new system at Dublin Airport will be met by DAA and it is anticipated that the new drone system will be in place in the coming weeks. Read Next Related Reads Eamon Ryan: Dublin Airport drone solution 'not as simple as Michael O'Leary says' In a statement this evening, DAA CEO Kenny Jacobs said: “We are glad the State has made a decision on this important issue. Given this is a state-wide issue, we remain of the view that the ultimate owners of this must be An Garda Síochána or the Department of Defence.
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