The application of anti-drone technology is paramount to ensuring security against potentially menacing UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles). At a time when drones have been in the spotlight for helping people tackle covid-19 – from delivering medical supplies to daily essentials, the risk of occurrence of malicious activities in airspace increases inevitably. A minor example would be the recent incident in Singapore when two men were allegedly charged with flying unmanned aircraft within the vicinity of military airbase. Therefore the anti-drone systems detect and/obstruct such unwanted UAVs with their in-built technological features. It is probably because of their growing significance in various facets of society that studies have estimated the global anti-drone market size to reach over billions by the end of 2025.
In fact, Market Reports World has outlined the key players in global remote drone identification system market which include AirMap, Aaronia AG, CerbAir and DroneShield among others. Cerbair for instance, has been developing a wide range of anti-drone solutions – stationary, portable, mobile, etc that facilitate security of sensitive sites. Though established in the year 2015, the company, owing to its avant-garde technological solutions, has drawn investments from various VCs including Boundary Holdings. The latter is a Luxembourg-based bridge fund, founded by Rajat Khare that invests in artificial intelligence and deep tech industries.
Based in France, Cerbair has been one of the pioneers in this sector and for the past five years, its mission has been centred on protecting airspace security of its clients by offering high-performing solutions that are cost efficient, simple and convenient to use yet extensively upgradable. By investing in a company that has the potential of taking the global anti-drone technology market to greater heights, the Rajat Khare founded firm aims to buttress the security of vulnerable sectors where UAVs are involved.
Similar to Cerbair is Dedrone, a California-based company that uses advanced hardware and software technology to protect organisations from malevolent drones. The tech leader has recently partnered with Blackberry Ltd and integrated the latter's AtHoc software into its products to enable real-time security alerts detected in an airspace. "Drones are one of the many IoT endpoints that add to the growing chaos that security leaders must navigate. We're excited to partner with Dedrone to offer a critical solution that organisations around the world can use to keep citizens and the public safe," said a spokesperson at Blackberry.
Such innovation and fruitful associations by companies like these, add to that the increasing occurrence of security vulnerabilities against unidentified UAVs, have increased the growth prospects of anti-drone market. By spearheading the industry with advanced anti-drone technologies that are constantly upgraded, these companies have provided time-tested solutions to some major operators.
By the virtue of not being from a ‘technical’ background, I was only used to hear about how AI and related technologies are bringing radical changes across the industries.
Interestingly, there is a lot about AI on the internet.One of the most exciting things I came across in relevance to AI was a statement of Rajat Khare the founder of Boundary Holding and a successful entrepreneur.
“Even for the big players in the market in which ever industry you may be, if think you think you can continue to lead the market without the help of AI, let me tell you, it is going to be really very difficult,” he says.
Basically, AI is the ability of a computer programme to think and learn, which can match humans' intelligence.
We are developing AI-enabled technologies that are helping us speed up our processes and acquire more accurate results.Hence, we are trying hard to bring in Artificial intelligence in almost every part of our lives.
But what is fostering the whole process are the techno-based AI start-ups in which investors are ready to invest heavily.
