{"id":8842,"date":"2017-12-08T14:51:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T21:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=8842"},"modified":"2017-12-10T14:55:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T21:55:04","slug":"falcon-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/08\/falcon-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcon Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-12-05\/the-military-is-using-falcons-to-build-a-drone-killer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>from Bloomberg<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>The Military Is Using Falcons to Build a Drone Killer<\/h1>\n<p>A raptor\u2019s approach to targeting prey may one day help protect soldiers and even airports, Air Force-funded research shows.<\/p>\n<p>By Justin Bachman<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hr-xBtVU4lg\" width=\"480\" height=\"272\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Throughout history, humans have employed falcons as lethal hunters of other animals. Now those raptors are being sent after drones.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that many of the skills feathered predators use to find a tasty lunch can be applied to the developing field of drone defense. A U.S. Air Force-funded study by zoology researchers at Oxford University\u00a0suggests that the means by which a peregrine falcon tracks its quarry could be effective in defending against drones that threaten troops, police or airports.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers fitted the falcons with miniature video cameras and GPS receivers to track their angle and method of attack on other\u00a0birds, or on bait being towed through the air by a drone.\u00a0In a paper published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ox.ac.uk\/news\/2017-12-04-replicating-peregrine-attack-strategies-could-help-down-rogue-drones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Monday<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S., the falcons\u2019 approach to intercepting its target aligned closely with the rules of proportional navigation, a guidance system used by visually-directed missiles.<\/p>\n<p>The principle is such that a missile\u2014or a falcon\u00a0on the hunt\u2014will reach a target\u00a0as long as its line-of-sight remains unobstructed while it closes in. The earliest <a href=\"http:\/\/ausairpower.net\/TE-Sidewinder-94.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AIM-9 Sidewinder<\/a> heat-seeking missiles, dating to the 1950s, used this technique with a rotating mirror to \u201csee\u201d the target.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/suppl\/2017\/11\/29\/1714532114.DCSupplemental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch Falcons Close in on Their Prey as Part of Air Force-Funded Drone Research<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-12-05\/the-military-is-using-falcons-to-build-a-drone-killer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to continue reading at Bloomberg<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Bloomberg The Military Is Using Falcons to Build a Drone Killer A raptor\u2019s approach to targeting prey may one day help protect soldiers and even airports, Air Force-funded research shows. By Justin Bachman Throughout history, humans have employed falcons as lethal hunters of other animals. Now those raptors are being sent after drones. 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