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Drone strikes beyond the battlefield pump up market for technology to repel them<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-06-18 01:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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By Joanna Plucinska and Maria Rugamer<\/p>\n

BERLIN, June 18 (Reuters) – Drone incursions disrupting airports in Europe and strikes on oil fields in the Middle East are spurring a fast-growing market for radars, jammers and defensive craft to defend airports and infrastructure against new aerial threats.<\/p>\n

Drone technology has caused upheaval at airports for years, with London’s \u200cGatwick Airport among those to have had to suspend flights due to drone alerts pre-2020. However, a fresh wave of incursions linked to wars in Ukraine and the Middle \u200cEast has sent those concerns into overdrive.<\/p>\n

Technological advances recently unveiled in response have included a gun-shaped tool from U.S. firm Dedrone that can jam drones, and a Boeing autonomous ‘wingman’ that flies with fighter jets, carrying counter-drone jammers and weapons in \u200ban interchangeable nose.<\/p>\n

The field is drawing billions of dollars of investment, moving well beyond military use to sectors including energy, shipping, data centres, hotels and airports.<\/p>\n

Avinor, which owns and operates 43 airports across Norway, is one company to have already installed a drone detection system at its operations to address the “disruptions and delays” civilian drone incursions have caused to air traffic.<\/p>\n

Reuters spoke to half a dozen executives at counterdrone firms who described a sharp rise in demand from governments, airports and civil infrastructure operators.<\/p>\n

“There is a direct effect of a lot of people calling us,” said Siete Hamminga, the CEO of RobinRadar, a Netherlands-based \u200ccounter-drone company whose technology grew out of research into bird strikes \u2060affecting planes.<\/p>\n

COUNTER-DRONE MARKET GROWING AT AROUND 20% A YEAR<\/p>\n

Hybrid warfare tactics in Europe and the Middle East have highlighted the need to protect economic and civil bases like ports, oil fields and airports.<\/p>\n

Drone strikes at Dubai airport, incursions in Baltic states, debris fires caused by drone interceptions at the Fujairah…<\/p>\n

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