Point and shoot

General Robotics (Stand S5-220), a company specialising in developing, manufacturing and marketing advanced robotic systems for defence and homeland security applications, is revealing for the first time at DSEI its new Pitbull-3, an ultra-lightweight remotely operated weapon station that delivers highly accurate and reliable point-and-shoot technology, providing an effective solution for detecting and tracking all types of drones during flight, and enabling their neutralisation and downing. Weighing only 70kg, Pitbull-3 can be easily installed on any manned or unmanned ground, air or maritime platform, including ultralight vehicles such as all-terrain vehicles, and fixed stations.

''While hardkill solutions are inevitably needed to stop advanced drones and drone swarms, there is a strong focus on soft-kill capabilities. Pitbull-3 enables both,'' said General Robotics CEO Shahar Gal.

The system enables three key courses of action to be taken: detection of drones by different radars integrated within the system, with a drone detection range of up to 5km; a softkill via an integrated jammer, which can induce simultaneous disruption of all drones' communication frequencies − command, video and GPS − thereby forcing the drone to stop, land or return to base; and a hard-kill, whereby an advanced prediction algorithm enables moving drones to be shot down from 500m, and hovering drones from 800m.

In addition to Pitbull, the company will also present the new DOGO Mark II antiterror robot (pictured) whose latest capabilities include faster pointand- shoot interface, which enable accurate designation of lethal or non-lethal means simply by clicking on the screen; non-lethal pepper spray and non-lethal dazzling light module attachments; and front extenders, for overcoming various obstacles.