Gamma Aviation partners with Australian drone technology company

Farnborough-based Gama Aviation has announced a tie up with Australian outfit Department 13 to mitigate drone threats.

Department 13's provide non-jamming and non-kinetic UAS detection and counter-UAS effects to defence and commercial sectors.

Their technology allows the creation of fixed or mobile secure perimeters, allowing its operator to take control of a target drone or its controller.

Gama Aviation say the tie up will help the UK's Air Ambulance, National Security, Policing and Critical National Infrastructure ("CNI") interests mitigate drone threats.

The use of non-jamming technologies allows for the safe and continued use of airspace for friendly aerial systems while maintaining the integrity of the monitored area.

Mark Smith, Managing Director, Special Mission, which is part of Gama Aviation, said: "Department 13 came to our attention following a strategic review of the unmanned aerial system ("UAS") market. The review concluded that the primary opportunity came from counter-UAS; an insight which is sadly being evidenced every day in Ukraine where UAS are being used extensively.

"Furthermore, as an aviation company we understand the kinetic threats that UAS pose to Special Mission operations and infrastructure such as air bases. We also understand that it is simply not practical for airspace to be closed by wide area jamming techniques. Department 13's Orion and Scout systems offer a unique technology that in our view is best suited to the management and protection from threat of airspace surrounding prisons, CNI, military or other national security operations and major events."