France will use anti-drone technology in Euro 2016 – Economic

The French authorities are implementing an anti-drone technology, they intend to use during the European Football Championship, not only to ensure the safety of spectators – a drone can be equipped with various paraphernalia, including toxic chemicals, by example – but also to derail any image capture unauthorized challenges

Given the gaps that may benchmark the use of these devices, the French authorities intend to step forward and be provided for capacity. technology to combat this real epidemic that is taking care of public spaces.

in an interview with the Associated Press, the head of the Security Euro 2016 Ziad Khoury said that the ten stadiums where the evidence is gone conduct and training camps of the 24 teams fly zones will be declared. “For most matches anti-drone action will be taken, which are quite innovative: will interfere with the drones and take their control.”

The French authorities were alarmed by the dozens of drone flights that they have occurred in sensitive areas – nuclear installations mostly, but also military installations and even the presidential palace. In response, the government is funding research into technology that could interfere with or block the signals that control the drones, or even destroy them.