Commercially available drones are being adapted for nefarious use and can be employed by terrorists and criminals to drop explosive payloads, deliver harmful substances, conduct illicit surveillance, and execute harmful cyber security attacks on a network.
Government officials, security figureheads, and military leadership are extremely concerned about frequent illegal flights buzzing over Washington DC and New York City posing a threat to civilians, critical infrastructure, and marquee events. Even in the most restricted and sensitive airspace in the United States where there are federal no-fly zones for drones, frequent sightings are being reported.
U.S. Government Continues Investment to Expand Citadel Defense CUAS Capability To prevent the threat in high stakes urban environments, a classified U.S. Government customer has purchased and deployed Citadel Defense's Titan C-UAS solution to protect over a dozen sensitive locations.
After evaluation of over twenty counter drone technologies, the Defense customer awarded Citadel with the contract to detect, identify, and defeat threat drones and swarms.
When asked about concerns of the drone threat outpacing laws and regulation, Citadel Defense's Chief Executive Officer, Christopher Williams replied.
"We are excited to win this opportunity to help the US Government customer protect their airspace. This purchase shows that the government is taking the threat seriously and deploying proven counter drone technology after it has successfully endured extensive testing in real-world threat environments."
Citadel's Titan CUAS Solution
Citadel Defense designed and developed their solution alongside law enforcement experts, security operators, and warfighters to meet critical mission requirements. With nearly 8 million drones expected to congest the airspace in the next 12 months, preventing new threat drones released by manufacturers each month has never been more critical to national security.
Recognizing the changing threat environment, Citadel Defense uniquely employs a deep- learning and AI-based solution that addresses shortcomings of systems that rely solely on library-based technologies.
An arms race with drone manufacturers is a difficult battle to win when trying to maintain an updated library of signals. To avoid "hacking vulnerabilities", drone manufactures are quickly improving their security and encryption practices to prevent another individual from taking control of the drone during flight.
Through an open and extensible hardware and software architecture, Citadel Defense created a solution that can adapt to worldwide threats. Designed to meet rigorous testing requirements under the MIL-810 standard, the Titan system is rugged for many different mission sets and harshest environments. In environments where emergency communications are critical,
Attacks at Highly Sensitive Government Locations
Citadel's patented technology surgically defeats threat drones without taking down signals required for communication.
The Titan was designed to be operated by a user who has no signal expertise or training. By removing all cognitive load across the user experience and offering warfighters the ability to set the system to "autonomous mode", the Titan advantages the warfighter by allowing them to focus on their mission without distraction.
Staying Ahead of the Threat
In less than 3 minutes, the Titan system can be setup and operable with a hemisphere of protection that extends beyond distances many drones can fly. Citadel disrupts the drone's controller and video link signals, forcing the drone to safely returns home or land in place without interfering with WiFi signals.
Citadel's non-kinetic system maintains a secure airspace and reduces the risk of collateral damage. The Titan system is a proven solution for critical infrastructure, airports and stadiums.
Christopher Williams explained, "The regulatory environment has limited adoption of counter drone technology in commercial markets. With over a year of successful deployments across U.S. Government, Army, Navy, and Air Force customers, Citadel's Titan technology is already validated in high-intensity situations that law enforcement and security operators face daily. As laws catch-up with the growing threat, a proven solution is available."
In an environment where military, government, and commercial customers are resource constrained, Citadel Defense's affordable autonomous drone protection technology acts a force multiplier for security teams because it allows them to achieve greater levels of protection with the same resources.
