Drone Threat Assessment Patent Triggers Lawsuit Between Rivals

XiDrone Systems, founded by a former helicopter pilot with a Florida sheriff’s department, filed a lawsuit against a rival firm it says is copying patented techniques for ways to identify and assess drones entering airspace.

• The complaint targets 911Security’s AirGuard system, used at the NFL Pro Bowl and the University of Kentucky and for the Houston Astros and Chevron
  • Complaint was filed in federal court in Dallas, where 911Security is based
• The competing systems use radar and radio-frequency technologies to identify class 1 and class 2 drones operating near sensitive or protected airspace and assess their potential risk …