UK Company OpenWorks Engineering Wins US Government Counter-Drone System Competition

By Justin Stakes

Northumberland, NE -(AmmoLand.com)- Coming up with ways to deal with the threats faced by small drones is among the trickiest problems military and security agencies face these days.

The devices are so small, so easy to use and are proliferating so rapidly. The MITRE Corporation based in Washington DC, supported by the federal government, set up a competition intended to draw out the most inventive and creative solutions to the drone problem.

OpenWorks Engineering won the ‘best UAS interdiction’ award with their SkyWall100 system, after stopping more drones than any of the other competitors. This represents a major achievement both for OpenWorks and British Engineering; A start-up company against tough competition from established large organisations!

The MITRE Challenge and the OpenWorks team were filmed by the National Geographic channel for a prime time program that is due to be shown in early 2017.

SkyWall100 was selected from 42 applicants, representing 8 countries, becoming 1 of the …Read the Rest

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