Thursday 16 February 2017

Eagles are being trained by French Airforce to intercept drones

France trains eagles to detect drone

French government to introduce new innovation as it moves to condition eagles to take part of their strategy to improve air safety in and around the country’s airspace due to several threats being posed by drones.

According to sources, the French Airforce is beginning to condition eagles to see drones as prey as a result of worries over the use drones in the country.

The eagles are being trained to stop drones mid-flight if they are found to be security risk. And are being trained before their eggs are being hatched. Part of the training is that the eagle’s eggs would be placed on drones to get them prepared and young chicks feeding from them

If at the end of any operation they are successful, the eagles would have some pieces of meat awarded to them, for a job well done. Therefore, for any operation to be successful, they must be able to bring one of the battery-charged units down from the sky.

There has serious worries concerning drones in France, because of how they are being seen hovering above a sensitive military base in Brittany and the presidential palace in Paris.

Thus, legislation restricting the usage of drones in urban areas of France has been brought in.


Dutch police have also trained eagles in the technique for catching drones.

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