The popularity of household drones is increasing every day. Drones pose a security risk if equipped with cameras or small explosives. Populated public areas, soldiers in combat, and private facilities are at risk. Northrop Grumman is sponsoring our team, Team 13, to create a device to disable these potentially hazardous drones. This device disables drones within a 30-foot radius dome air space surrounding this device. The three main systems of the device are detection, control, and neutralization. The detection system locates the drone in the specified air space and notifies the user. This system has video cameras and analyzes their video feeds with software. The software is pre-trained with machine learning techniques. The control system is user operated. A stationary tripod supports the device and the user aims neutralization attacks. The neutralization system is a combination of radio frequency (RF) interference and a deployable weighted net. The RF jammer will either knock the drone out of the sky, or in some cases, cause the drone to hover. If the drone hovers, the weighted net will deploy and capture the drone. This device is portable, safe for the environment, and complies with regulations.
