They talk to former Gatwick employees, off-the-record police officers with knowledge of the case, a drone specialist journalist, and the drone community including some of its members with ...

Pilots' union Balpa said it understood detection and tracking equipment had been installed around Gatwick's perimeter and that if the drones reappear the airport would close again. Mr Woodroofe ...

Extra equipment has been installed at Heathrow ... The police are understood to have photos of the drone or drones used at Gatwick.

Gatwick chief operating officer Chris Woodroofe said there is currently no commercially available equipment he could ... for around 36 hours after multiple drone sightings inside its perimeter ...

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Whichever stand you take on the drone sightings at Gatwick and in other places it is clear that Sussex Police do not emerge from this smelling of roses and that their investigation has been ...

Gatwick, meanwhile, does reportedly have military technology in place now to prevent this type of drone-related disruption in the future. Andy Meek is a reporter based in Memphis who has covered ...

New drones must be outfitted with equipment allowing law enforcement ... over a runway caused flights to be stopped at London’s Gatwick Airport during the Christmas travel rush in 2018 and ...

Fortunately the pilot spotted the object, which had not registered on the plane’s drone-monitoring equipment ... Flights were diverted and all of Gatwick’s runways were closed after a ...

Elements of Leonardo’s C-UAS equipment were previously operated by the RAF Force Protection Force in 2018 and 2019, following drone sightings at Gatwick and Heathrow airports, allowing airport ...

Authorities closed England's second busiest airport Thursday, upending plans for more than 100,000 passengers, after what they said was a deliberate attempt to use drones to disrupt travel.