In our previous article, the focus was on why Counter-UAS capability starts with planning rather than equipment. The next step is understanding what that planning is actually based on. At the centre of any effective Counter-UAS assessment is a clear understanding of the physical environment. Terrain, structures, vegetation, and infrastructure do not just form the […]
Optimising Counter-UAS and Sensor Suites with FPPT Counter-UAS capability is often discussed in terms of technology. New radars, better cameras, smarter effectors. In practice, most failures in counter-UAS operations are not caused by poor equipment, but by poor placement. Sensors that cannot see, systems that do not overlap, and defences that look robust on paper […]
Specialist firearms teams have one of the most difficult jobs imaginable in law enforcement. They have to handle situations where there is heightened risk to threatened parties, members of the public and themselves from, potentially, the most dangerous adversaries. Scenarios include policing operations against potentially armed criminals, hostage and kidnap situations, and the protection of […]
When Copenhagen, Aalborg and Billund airports were forced to close after drone sightings, thousands of passengers were stranded, flights were diverted, and airlines absorbed significant unplanned costs. Gatwick’s 2018 closure is still estimated to have cost airlines and the wider economy over £50 million.
Our recent article series (see ‘Missing persons search in the digital age…’) explored the capabilities of Search-PRAS, our dedicated search tool, in high-risk missing persons searches. But of course, police searches are not limited to missing persons, and the full capabilities of Search-PRAS are also found in our CTS-PRAS software, to support searches in Counter […]
