London’s busiest airports Heathrow and Gatwick will spend millions of pounds on anti-drone equipment after drone sightings near Gatwick airport stranded 140,000 passengers before Christmas

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January 23, 2019

Briefing	Anti-Drone Equipment Purchase – U.K.’s two busiest airports, Heathrow and Gatwick airports in London, will be spending millions of pounds on anti-drone equipment Features – Include detecting and disrupting communications between drone and operator Drone Airport Disruption – Drone sightings near Gatwick airport disrupted 1,000 flights, making 140,000 passengers stranded between December 19 to 21, 2018 Speculative Purchase – Ministry of Defense said to have ordered Drone Dome system, which can identify and track drones, from Israeli company Rafael in 2018 but order has not been delivered yet 115 Drone Sightings – 115 reports of drone sightings in Gatwick were received, 93 of which were confirmed by credible sources, such as pilot and airport staff
Accelerator	Drones
Sector	Accommodation and Travel, Military and Security
Function	Operations, Manufacturing and Production
Organization	Gatwick Airport Ltd., Heathrow Airport Ltd.
Source	Rawlinson, K., "Heathrow and Gatwick invest millions in anti-drone technology", The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/; "Gatwick and Heathrow buying anti-drone equipment," BBC, http://www.bbc.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	January 4, 2019

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