British company Open Works Engineering unveils SkyWall100 anti drone cannon 50803163
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Defence & Security News - Open Works Engineering
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The SkyWall 100 is an anti-drone cannon created by Open Works Engineering an English startup based in Northumberland. The SkyWall 100 is the world first weapon to "physically capture a drone intact without the risk of damage to the drone or surrounding area," the company said on its official website.
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 This anti-drone system is man-portable and only weighs in at 10 kilograms and has a range of 100 meters (Photo: Open Works Engineering) |
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The SkyWall100 tries to capture the drone in question using a net fired from the weapon and will bring it down safely with the help of a parachute.
This anti-drone system is man-portable and only weighs in at 10 kilograms and has a range of 100 meters. the SkyWall100 consists of a gas-powered launcher, intelligent projectile, a computerised SmartScope, able to calculate the flight path of the drone and has a range finder and target locker, directing the operator to adjust the aim. Once the target is locked, a long beep alarms the operator to fire the projectile. This means that an operator with limited training or skills can still intercept a moving drone. The operator of SkyWall100 can reload quickly to fire at multiple drones. In case the projectile misses its targets, it can be reused again. The company also noted that the SkyWall projectiles can carry a range of countermeasures. This system can work on both static and moving targets "OpenWorks Engineering believes that security enforcement authorities need a cost-effective and proportionate way of protecting the public and high profile individuals and we wanted to put a system on the market that offered just that," said Chris Down, managing director of OpenWorks, in a statement. |
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