SkyWall: Fighting Enemy Drones In UK Skies
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- Опубліковано 14 вер 2021
- British-built system 'SkyWall' is a defence solution that gives a mobile operator the ability to physically capture and pull a drone from the sky in a net.
It has been on show at DSEI 21 - the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition, and Simon Newton has been finding out more.
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How the hell is it not called "SkyNet"??! ;-)
Underrated comment.
Elon Musk patented "Skynet" so only he can use it.
Lmao
@@dellawrence4323 You can't get a patent for a word. You could trademark one, but that does not give exclusivity or indeed ownership in all aspects and is no simple matter.
@@dellawrence4323 but Skynet is a Satellite defence system, still in use, but developed by the British in the 60s.
How has Elon got any rights to that name?
note to self: fly drone over 330m away from these net cannons.
above 330m altitude?
@@SoloRenegade did i stutter?
@@gordtron I didn't see you stutter, but if you think you did, then maybe you did.
@@SoloRenegade all in good fun. but i dont understand why UK forces keep showing off their gear and detailing their specs. seems like something to build opposing gear around.
@@gordtron People would figure out the specs eventually anyways, by trial and error. I fought in Iraq and Afghanistan and you'd be surprised the methods people used to size up our various equipment. Ingenious methods. They could measure the ranges of weapon systems, jammers, vehicle wheelbases and such to within a few feet or inches. Necessity results in problems getting solved, for both sides of a cat & mouse game.
The cannon on the thumbnail looks like something in future warfare
Encase your drones in a chicken wire cage and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
"it can tell the difference between a bird and a drone" So if i want to blow something up with a drone, I need to desguise it as a bird, or use carrier pidgeons. Got it!
Drone swarm.
Only one needs to be armed
@@julianshepherd2038 Nah bird drone all the way.
Good luck making a flapping bird drone 🤦♂️ with no rotors. Day of required I reckon 😉
@@markettechniques Carrier pidgeon it is then.
@@liamholcroft7212 😂
Even if it's 100% effective, the range limitation seems problematic. You would need to operate several of these systems just to prevent a drone from landing on the tarmac of an airport, and it would not be useful to prevent surveillance from higher altitude.
Yeah but if its cost like a car and operated by ai, is not as bad
Brilliant system definatlyI assume after capture the remains are kept identified and any legal action can issused which is what is needed
OK Victor Meldrew
Encase your drones in a chicken wire cage and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
It's good as it might not destroy the drone, which if it doesn't erase its memory or is self-destructed remotely, can carry valuable information for a Counter-Intelligence analyst.
erm, drones have 'live cameras' also memory cards... using a DJI or similar in a military setting is pointless as we've already seen drones put to use in real military situations & sorry they don't use DJI, don't fly low unless its a drone weapon strike & usually fly very high to capture military information in a wider arena.. this is just another pointless idea
@@malp6280 how about this: if they intercept the drone; the drone is intercepted. Sounds kinda simple, but to me, intelligence gathered or not, it's still a worthy use. Especially if you can use serial numbers or whatnot (given it hasn't been erased) to trace back or at least, learn something from it.
Totally agree 👍
Thanks for stating the obvious 👍
@@Eagle- well you know...it's a comment in a comment section. I wasn't trying to expose a theory on my understanding of dark matter or how to cure all cancers in one vaccine shot.
Personally I would prefer to use pair of 20mm boffers .
While Bofors did make 20mm...I am sure you meant 40mm Bofors L70 with 3P Proximity Fused rounds at 450 Rounds per minute per gun with the Fast Forty mod :D lol
@@jyralnadreth4442 Yes coupled with a .50cal for sighting purposes.
@@bertiewooster3326 Throw in a M134 minigun for good measure :D
@@jyralnadreth4442 Don't forget firestreak missiles for amoured opponents
Sounds like these should be deployed at UK airports too. The option of a non-destructive solution is good for gathering of information or identifying the source so that you can later apprehend them. Using other directed energy weapons or EMPs are good if you absolutely must prevent a drone from harming people or property, but if you can safely turn the drone on its owner, I say it is a good start.
I think it was probably deployed a few years ago at Heathrow or Gatwick (can't recall) when that idiot was flying drones around for a week or two.
EMPs don't exist not in a way that's usable
@@phooogle I suspect it was developed, not deployed, because of that idiot.
@@helloitsme1785 My comment around EMPs is just based on the fact that they exist to some degree, whatever their level of development. Truth be told, and as you likely are and quite correctly implying, they would probably do as much damage to those employing them as they would the opponent. There's no real way to confine their effect, unless they're very low power and you get them right next to the object you want to take out. You can shield against them to a point, but I'd also imagine they're expensive and risky. In a controlled or other civilian airspace they would be very dangerous.
@@phooogle They did, just a handheld version
WOW What a good bit of kit.!!!
Encase your drones in a chicken wire cage and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
can this work on FPV fast moving drones with fast changing telemetry, probably not. And 350 meters is not very far...
No not a chance lol those drones are ridiculously fast ,small and fast,the net can't travel fast enough ahead of the target
Brilliant bit of kit!
Encase your drones in a chicken wire cage and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
I want to see this catch my racing drone. Don't think it will happen 😂
30 years ago this would have been the stuff of science fiction.
Remember the scene in BTT2 when news drones appeared after Griff and his gang crashed their hover boards into the front of Courthouse Mall?
Encase your drones in a chicken wire cage and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
Will it work on Amazon delivery drones? Asking for a friend.
What friend😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
Awesome
Impressive very well made
Encase your drones in a chicken wire cage and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
The US Navy would just scorch the drone with LAWS...a composite beam Laser that USS Ponce was given
Still prefer a laser, longer range, pinpoint accuracy, never runs out of ammo, and that melting factor😁
You can use this, and the man portable one, in civilian areas in peacetime. No pyrotechnics so easily usable by civilians.
Probably can't get enough power out of a car engine for that im afraid
Encase your drones in a chicken wire cage and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
I was hoping it was a massive laser.
With sharks attached to it!
Excellent idea!
Encase your drones in a chicken wire cage and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
@@Universal_SoulJar seriously? Encase your drone with chicken wire? What about the extra weight… and more importantly just don’t fly your drone in a restricted area, simple.
Brilliant - clever solution to a potentially huge problem, nice!
Yea, spend millions to destroy something that cost 100000 times less, really cost effective
@@James-vt7eg Do you have any suggestions for solving the problem, of civilians using their toys, to interfere with restricted airspace?
@@soul0360 yea, use a microwave gun
@@James-vt7eg Given that the UK hasn't developed a Microwave gun yet, that sort of would ruin you initial argument, wouldn't it?
To my knowledge, even the 3 countries that have put most money into the research, don't have this capability yet. Although China and Russia might be close.
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
My local farmer says it is very impressive but he will be sticking to his 12 bore!
Can't blame him - annoyingly intrusive things. Give 'em a barrel from me! 🤣
I shall get one for my backyard!
Why not make a anti-drone drone?
They have...
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
Great for short range but what about for long range for the sneaky ones that come in at 500 meters up say?
Idk maybe just shoot it with a gun
@@adamatch9624 A drone with more than 500m range and 4 shotgun blasts on the top?
RF inhibitors and jamming for those.
@@OrIoN1989 the cannon is on the back of a truck
All they have to do is move the truck closer
Encase your drones in a chicken wire cage and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
this system can tell what is a drone and a bird.... what if they make drones act like birds?
Or birds may evolve rotary wings. That's got to confuse the system! 😅
Speckled Jim!!
Better off using something that uses EMP firing it like a laser shoulder mounted or via a vehicle or tank.
How would you bring it down safely so they can recover any useful data on it?
The Dronegun Tactical Australia makes IMO is better as the range is much better and its an actual laser.
Most electrical military equipment have anti-EMP hardware built into it
Name an EMP weapon that isn't a nuke.
@@ThatCarGuy A) Does it work? B) How much does it cost?
That’s wicked
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
Cool Video.
So basically stay 400m away then😂
Can we not just use the CWIS system? I'm sure there might be some collatoral but it would be fun, right?
Weird thing is western countries don’t really have SPAAGs, other than the UK’s Marksman and Germany’s Gepard. The m163 Vulcan SPAAG would be a better solution to drones then net Gus.
@@Kishanth.J not so much as you imagine , what goes up must come down , and a few ounces of net is rather less harmfull than 4 or5 hundred HE rounds .
@@philstothard8333 Forgot about that, but don’t those rounds explode in the air, like C-RAM or something?
My 200km/h fpv drone says otherwise.
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
@@Universal_SoulJar lol that's actually a good idea. They're better off just shooting the damn thing down with actual guns.
I wonder why they don't have burner drones that just track and collide with the target drone?
Encase your drones in a chicken wire cage and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
Could literally run rings around it, 15m diameter orbit at 70mph should do it.
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
Brilliant but of kit.
Brilliant bit of kit. (written with glasses on this time)
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
and what if the drone is fitted with a tamper switch which effectively turns it into an IED if bought down by this system ?
An immobile IED is better than a flying IED so this would still help a lot. If IED fitted drones became a problem then the people dealing with drones would apporach the problem differently, either by bringing them down and then staying away from them until they are checked for explosives or a more lethal system would be used in that scenario like Direct Energy Weapons.
@@l3gionmusic814 it's not as though drones have indicators or markers defining them as " drone bombs" - if a large swarm of drones ( some fitted ,with IED capabilities , and others not )saturates an area with the predefined purpose of overwhelming a defence system , then not even this system , or even direct energy weapons( which will at some time need to recharge) will be able to cope , and the hope of extracting intel from some of the downed drones may prove a costly one in terms of manpower .
ALSO , the range of this system needs to be increased a lot .Maybe the system can be employed on " loiter drones " positioned at the "outer marker " of a defence facility , in the same way picket ships protected fleets during WW2
@@dovidell In the current day though, an IED fitted drone is not an active threat, as in we have little to no reason to believe it would happen against us, so we act around drones as if they don't have IEDs.
Unfortunately it will probably take a drone attack to take place before it becomes viable to behave as if all drones are a bomb threat.
But yes, I think this is more of an optional addition rather than a be all and end all defence against drones, and it would depend on the situation as to when this kit was used and when other methods were selected.
@@l3gionmusic814 A decade ago , drones were just toys , not so long ago they / the threat of drones closed down Heathrow airport , and now we see China flexing its military muscle ( some say with an eye to invading Taiwan ) , and sea launched drone swarms are a viable way of saturating the local defence network .
In view of what we know , and I for one don't know how far China's drone development program has advanced , I think we should consider all options as viable ,because science fiction , has a habit of becoming science fact , at least as far as drones are concerned
What if enemy drone has C4 packed with hundreds of ball bearings, on presssure switch above a crowd or city?
The net is trouble, for enemy state drones.
Encase your drones in a chicken wire cage and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
Wouldn’t laser be better? Or too expensive?
She said it has a range of 350 meters, so how many of these would you need to cover Heathrow? I don't mean just the runway at Heathrow, I mean the entire area where drones are forbidden, it's got to be a few miles wide.
It's on the back of a pickup. It isn't meant to be a static defense. You can patrol an area and move it to respond to threats as and when they are reported
It's on a car, of course it can reposition quickly
It's mobile, you plonker.
And by the time you stop open the back and fire, the drone has moved more than 350 meters away from you.
It doesn't take long for a drone to travel 350 meters.
@@matthewbaynham6286 If the objective is the either remove or deter the drone in the patrolled airspace, it leaving is still a win.
The new drones will be equipped with anti net defence
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
Let s hope they are as efficient as the airport car parking squad with cameras on the cars to penalise any cheeky quick drop offs!
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Drones normally fly in an area for 20min max at a time with it s battery life. The drone would have to be spotted, reported and the quick reaction force of mobile 'net-shooters' in the area chasing it down!
Thought it meant like predators not dji’s
The American version... auto-tracking system tied to a 12 gauge autoloading shotgun! :D
A 2021 system to capture a 2013 drone.
Let me guess, it was designed by Wile E. Coyote for the ACME Company?
As Prison Officer in a London prison im begging you to give us these.... please.
You know yourself that as soon as the drones became useless to them the lags and their networks outside of HMP would come up with another delivery system.
It's the women who smuggle gear inside the babies clothes and nappies that truly disgusts me. By all means shove several pounds of spice up your own crack, but to do that to a child unable to consent is barbaric.
I don't envy you doing that job mate. You stay safe!
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
The Dronegun Tactical Australia makes IMO is better as the range is much better and its an actual laser.
Only costs 50 times as much. Woo-hoo, I'll have three!
@@neilgriffiths6427 Can you troll someone else, I block blatant trolls thanks. The price for the SkyWall has not been revealed so we can not compare prices, to which im sure the Dronegun will still likely cost more, but it's 100x better with it's 2.5km range, shoulder carried, and many more "rounds" with no maintenance. No heavy gas tanks to carry around, etc.
@@ThatCarGuy
You obviously missed the point. This system preserves the drone so that any data it captured can be later analyzed. Also it is for use over British skies, like airports etc.
Kind of makes a joke of a laser.
@@jimdandy2024 What are you trolling on about? The DroneGun also captures the drone.... Actually look things up before you type.
Developed in the northeast👍👍👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
so cinewhoop for the win ?
Any good for seagulls ?
Can we buy these to find out what the government are upto or is it just against the average person who’s probably only flying it for fun
Hope u got more than 6 in the gun u gunna need more wait for it
For science i would like to see this take down my fpv racing drone going 100mph.
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
It didn't do much good at Heathrow did it?
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
maybe good to protect civilian areas. but cant see them being used in a military or warfighting against enemy drones.
So just fly at 400 ft & your out of range 😂
400ft is 120m so will still be in range of the 330m
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
A net! A net! What’s next bad language
add flak cannon
I've seen plenty of these useless netguns in tests. They only work in demos, on drones that hover in place or slowly fly in a straight line. An actual operator has to slowly aim for the drones position. That's not a match for a drone that can rapidly change directions while flying 25m/s
This automatically aims and reloads. Pretty quick. I doubt a drone pilot would have time to see the net being fired, and then evade it, especially when their view is likely to only be FPV. Biggest issue is the range, plenty of drones have been used by the Taliban to drop bombs, they simply fly high enough to be out of range to be noticed.
@@hippopotamus86 oh, I can assure you that you see the net, we already tried that nonsense at an exhibition. The company really didn't like us flying too high and to fast. All their videos only show hovering drones without any wind.
The guns can't reach a drone over 150m away... That's just security theater
@@pteppig I can understand if flying line of sight, but if you're flying FPV with something like a Mavic Pro / Air etc, then you're not going to see the net coming, especially if you're not facing it, or even expecting it to be there.
@@hippopotamus86 but that's the point, they are taking over 10 min to setup and are usually shot right from the building you are watching with the drone.
And FPV usually has 60-70 degree fov.
The net guns are huge, it looks like someone is willing around with a bazooka and takes a lot of time to aim.
Not a big chance of your moving out are not than 100m away.
On exhibitions, they shoot a hovering drone from less than 50m "because they have not enough space there"
@@pteppig The example shown is their "SkyWall Auto Response", they have other systems which can be deployed on buildings, perimeters of airports etc. FOV has a good FOV, but not when it's on a tiny phone screen.
I would think some kind of directed E.M.P would be better.
I hope we've given these to Ukraine.
So what about the drone harassment that's going on at night ..what are they gonna do about that ....
This is only good against civilian nuisance drones, what about military grade drones or swarm tech drones?
Look at Blighter AUDs with Orbital ATK's 30mm set up, add in the Coyote drone as well.
CRAM deals with the rest
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
Swuuueeet
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
Prolly not a good idea to give away its effective range.... just sayin...
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
2nd
Russians have the s500 but don’t worry the uk can shoot nets through the sky wooooh!
Why is a person in uniform on a commercial stand? The video has it mounted on the manufacturer's vehicle. I would have thought if its "in service" you'd have footage of it on an Army vehicle and an Army person talking to it, or have the original footage and a company representative talking to it. Is the MOD so cash strapped that its asking uniformed members to endorse a purely commercial venture???
@TheGoat Maybe but here (AS) it would be interpreted as official endorsement. A different matter if the product was actually in service (either IOC or FOC).
Encase your drones in a chicken wire cage and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
Your green energy taxes are being spent on this.....
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
now test ist against a 150kmh FPV drone that flyes hooks...unless this system in combined with a multiband jammer ist 100% useless. And even with a jammer...ground hugging drones with inertial guidance can still not be engaged.
This is a 400.000$ Potatogun netschooter on a gimbal, with a webcam and "some" tracking...
Anything that is not a Highpowered Laser or Falcon is just a quick cashgrab and not a usefull solution.
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
We need to send some of these to Ukraine 🇺🇦 too
what a waste of money ! all the drones that they show in the video are old and slow. Like greywhite said this is no good when dealing with a fast FPV quad that can flip flop in the blink of an eye and move in some cases over 100mph. !! waste of money !!
Encase your drones in a chicken wire sphere and this technology is absolutely useless. What a waste of money to be circumvented by chicken wire from a hardware store.
What is her accent lol
Northern Irish.
Send skywall to Ukraine !
Send this to Ukraine
Shame the country is broke
what a cheap pile of rubbish, "wait" it'll have a stupid high price tag so lets get 20 of them,,,
uknow theirs signal jamming equipment which drops drones alot more effectively
Probably isn't going to marketed to the military (at least not uk military). Looks more like something you'd have maybe one or two of at an airport like Heathrow, purely to stop nuisance drones like kids who don't understand the danger they cause by flying them in a flight path of a passenger jet.
Glad you know all about that, because the UK couldn't stop some civilian idiot from grounding planes at Heathrow a couple of years ago - if only they had what you have!
@@neilgriffiths6427 which is exactly why I said this would likely be sold to civilian authorities like airport security firms... I don't see what your point is here.
@@neilgriffiths6427 kid, Heathrow Airport do have such jamming & tracking facilities fitted around the airport, why do you think nothing more has been said....
So maybe you should pay more attention to UK news reports via TV & news papers then what you 'think' you know from watching utube features....
This track & net project is a cheap pretty new idea via a UK firm, ie this is simply a PR stunt for them... the military as a whole have already bid on a base defence system similar to what the airports have fitted....
Ad mentioned previously, any real drone incursion at a active military site would be above 400ft & certainly not use a civilian 'or similar drone' at low level altitude, further news flash anyone gathering intelligence fly higher for a wider field of view & have a far greater chance of not being detected.
@@kimjonglongdong3158 Airport already have a active geo monitoring system which also disables the sign from a controller...
Overall this is a nil story giving PR to the development company, it's a cheap idea with incredibly limited function
Ps read or rematch news articles & you'll see the airports are already equipped with better equipment to counter drones.