Survey on Anti-Drone Systems: Components, Designs, and Challenges

TLDR

Drone incidents are rising among civilians, yet building military‑grade anti‑drone systems for every facility is cost‑prohibitive and constrained by regulations. The study surveys non‑military anti‑drone systems, analyzes diverse technologies, proposes system models and guidelines for adaptable defense, and outlines future solutions to counter drone‑side countermeasures. The authors categorize anti‑drone technologies into detection, identification, and neutralization, reviewing numerous studies in each category.

Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive survey on anti-drone systems. After drones were released for non-military usages, drone incidents in the unarmed population are gradually increasing. However, it is unaffordable to construct a military grade anti-drone system for every private or public facility due to installation and operation costs, and regulatory restrictions. We focus on analyzing anti-drone system that does not use military weapons, investigating a wide range of anti-drone technologies, and deriving proper system models for reliable drone defense. We categorized anti-drone technologies into detection, identification, and neutralization, and reviewed numerous studies on each. Then, we propose a hypothetical anti-drone system that presents the guidelines for adaptable and effective drone defense operations. Further, we discuss drone-side safety and security schemes that could nullify current anti-drone methods, and propose future solutions to resolve these challenges.