A recently developed anti-drone technology in Israel can seize control of enemy drones and land them safely anywhere, according to the Israeli Military Industries firm.
The firm said this technology is also capable of taking control of the drones without causing them damage, making it possible to reuse them and extract any data that the drone has collected prior to its interception or even spy on its targets.
“The system we have developed can detect hostile drones at a range of up to 3.5 kilometers and take control of about 200 drones simultaneously,” said Asaf Lebovitz, the product manager of Skylock, one of the Israeli companies that have developed the technology.
He further explained that it is capable of disrupting communication between the drone and its operator, and then it will be remotely controlled to be landed and checked in order to know what it's carrying and whom it belongs to.
Two months ago, Skylock presented a demonstration of the system's capabilities.
“We actually decide on a specific place where we want to take control of the drone,” Lebovitz said.
Other military firms also supply systems with capacities similar to Skylock's technology, said a report by Haaretz.
Elbit Systems has recently unveiled the ReDrone anti-drone system, which is available in stationary models and as a portable system that soldiers can carry in the field.
Rafael recently introduced its Drone Dome anti-drone system, which is already operational and similarly takes control of potentially armed UAVs and lands them safely.
It appears, based on remarks by army spokesman Ronen Menelis over the weekend, that two terrorist attacks attempted by the Iranian team have been foiled, including one two weeks ago.
The army said it had thwarted one attack but didn't mention how. The second attack hit a complex in the Damascus area where weapons were being stored.
