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Commercial UAV Expo 2018: SCI casts net over drone threats

3rd October 2018 - 17:00 GMT | by Beth Maundrill in Las Vegas

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Defence and aerospace company SCI Technologies is closing in on the end of development of its drone capture system and is looking to bring the technology to market in 2019.

Known as the AeroGuard, the counter-drone system aims to tackle the threat of drones with IEDs attached, the smuggling of contraband across borders and in prisons using UAS and intellectual property piracy.

AeroGuard was displayed at the Commercial UAV Show in Las Vegas as the company aims to drum up interest from commercial customers before looking towards government agencies, according to Terry McFerrin, design engineer at SCI.

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