POLICE are to get anti-drone tech to combat airborne crime — including devices that look like rifles.
The £15million kit will be deployed against terrorists and organised gangsters.
It will also be used to stop drugs being flown into .
chiefs have approved three separate £5million deals to buy gun-like radio jammers which disable drones and also help identify their criminal controllers.
The devices can be either hand-held, like a pistol or rifle, mounted on a vehicle or used in a fixed position.
Details are revealed in contracts which show the wants “the next generation of hand-held radio frequency effector technology”; for police to counter drones.
The firms awarded contracts — each lasting until June 2027 — are Steelrock Technologies, CPM Ellettronica and Kirintec.
Steelrock said “every hostile drone incursion puts people and critical assets at risk”; while Kirintec said it supplies “counter uncrewed aerial systems for air defence and denial”;.
Images from the companies show the technology being used in urban centres and dense woodland.
The devices will be run by the National Police Chiefs’ Council, which co-ordinates action of , fighting , public order and frontline .
Experts are increasingly concerned about the threat of from and .
