Anti-Drone System Installed at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport

The Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, Russia, has installed a radio-optical complex for the detection and counteraction of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This was reported by РИА Новости, citing a statement from the airport.

The "ЕНОТ-СД" system automatically identifies low-flying targets, verifies them using video footage, and then creates interventions for counteraction. For better identification, software from "Kaspersky Lab" will also be used.

The "ЕНОТ-СД" can distinguish drones from birds, airplanes, people, and vehicles (including in radio frequency mode). The system excludes the use of suppression measures on aircraft. It can also monitor ground targets and detect breaches of the airport perimeter by humans and wildlife.

On August 31, 139 flight schedules were disrupted at Moscow's Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, and Vnukovo airports. On that day, a Ukrainian drone was shot down in the sky above the Voskresensky district of the Moscow region. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that the target of the drone was the capital of the country.