{"id":136323,"date":"2018-04-10T18:32:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T18:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/10\/this-gun-shoots-drones-out-of-the-sky\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:22:19","slug":"this-gun-shoots-drones-out-of-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/10\/this-gun-shoots-drones-out-of-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"This gun shoots drones out of the sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ground pounders may soon be swatting those pesky drones from the battlefield\u2019s airspace<\/a> with the help of a new hand-held device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IXI Dronekiller is the first and only hand-held counter-drone technology<\/a> employing the use of software defined radio<\/a>, according to IXI Technology representatives at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Washington, D.C., this week.
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\u201cThis is not a broadband jammer, like what you can buy online,\u201d a company official told Defense News. \u201cThis is software defined radio<\/a>, so we\u2019re targeting whatever specific frequency drones are operating on.\u201d
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Each drone has a different type of frequency, for example the DJI Phantom<\/a> \u2014 a common commercial-use drone \u2014 operates on the 2400 to 2483 MHZ frequency, or 2.4 GHZ band. Within that 2.4 band, an operator selects different channels to link between them and the drone itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The IXI Dronekiller is advertised as able to disable Unmanned Air Vehicles of all types, enabling the operator to thwart the use of drones by criminals and enemy combatants for surveillance and direct attacks to drop bombs, grenades, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on fighting forces. (Kyle Rempfer\/Staff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“And the latest DJI Phantom drone has a channel hopping capability,” the company official said. “And our device can also counter that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So what we’re doing is not blocking a whole channel. We’re inserting a bit of noise or additional data to break the link between the drone and operator,\u201d he added.
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The IXI Dronekiller will be able to target all Type I and Type II commercial drones<\/a>, which are exactly the type you’d see non-state, and even some state, actors employ on battlefields like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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