Northrop Grumman has demonstrated a cellphone app that identifies drones.
The Mobile Application for UAS Identification (MAUI) was shown during the Department of Defense's Black Dart exercises.
MAUI is an "acoustic sensor that operates on Android cell phones and uses the phone's microphone to detect Group 1 drones, defined as UASs weighing less than 20 pounds, flying lower than 1,200 feet and flying slower than 100 knots," according to a Northrop Grumman news release. "The MAUI software-based approach leverages commercial off-the-shelf mobile devices to provide beyond-line-of-sight detection and identification of UAS threats in high noise environments."
Northrop Grumman also demonstrated the Drone Restricted Access Using Known EW (DRAKE) system, which disables drones using radio-jamming technology already used to disable improvised explosive devices.
"DRAKE demonstrates the feasibility of repurposing mature counter-improvised explosive device technology for interoperable, counter-UAS missions," Northrop Grumman said.
