Hackers Hired By The US Navy To Kill Small Drones

Saanvi Araav - Apr 07, 2019

That's why they have been developing digital tools and lasers to control it.

Just recently we have received a piece of news that the U.S Navy has hired a team of scientists, engineers, and even hackers. This is an effort to find a way to put an end to those commercial drones.

Drones are in fact a variety of problems for many militaries around the globe. This time, the U.S Navy aims to solve possible issues when the complication of the technology has got undeniable. It is a quick glimpse towards the future warfare. The Defense One was the one to collect the piece of information.

With the rapid development in drone technology, nowadays, we could easily buy a drone on Amazon and then use it to make homemade bombs or disrupt airports. The U.S Army has seriously taken into account this threat. That's why they have been developing digital tools and lasers to control it.

Now the U.S Army is joining with the Army on a project names JYP - which is an anti-drone project. Follow this piece of information from Defense One's memo, the leadership of U.S Navy considers the anti-drone project as a very important step in the development of new weaponry technology.

The anti-drone project is considered as an important step to develop new weaponry technology.

Along with recruitment, the U.S Navy also has a plan to keep up the pace of technology advancement. They want to make sure that their weapon arsenal will be updated with the latest technologies. In addition, the wave of new employees will help them to refresh their own research. And new employees will also bring new and attractive minds to develop more technologies.

The assistant secretary of the US Navy James Geurts shared his opinions as below: