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France's anti-drone drone can spot malicious pilots in under a minute

• http://www.engadget.com, by Daniel Cooper

 It's not been clear if it's a group of amateurs with bad timing or something more coordinated, which has spooked the locals and law enforcement alike. Thankfully, French firm ECA has been quick to respond to the potential threat, building an anti-drone drone that can hunt down drones and identify their pilots.Once a rogue drone has been spotted in the skies, the customized EC180 will chase it down and triangulate the position of its pilot.

The craft will then find the shadowy human, take their mugshot and alert nearby police as to their location in the hope of catching them in the act. Unfortunately, and for perfectly understandable reasons, ECA won't expand on how its gear can achieve this feat of airborne counter-espionage.